After about 30 minutes I puked all over my airplane. I said to my self, "Man, you made a big mistake. "
But in New York, it’s different—even uptown it’s really grand, and there’s no real segregation there. It’s all mixed up.
You can tell when someone is putting on a role. If someone really believes in what theyre saying, its quite hard to find cracks.
I never personalize anything because I think that can be dangerous. For me, the best way is - this may sound pretentious - but its to breathe the character and get into the psychology of it.
I'm a big Johnny Cash girl. And I love singers like Laura Marling and Joanna Newsom.
If I'm really honest, I'm not a huge fan of scary films. I remember being a teenager, and people getting out like Halloween [1978] or Saw [2004], and watching them, and I'd kind of just stare at the television logo and blur my eyes and pretend I was watching but I wasn't because I just found that I would take the movie home with me. I can scare myself like a pro.
I'm not a huge fan of scary movies, but I love doing them because your character arc gets condensed, and everything is elevated, and so you kind of have this amazing opportunity to go in many different places.
Shall I tell you why young men love war?. . . In peace, there are a hundred questions with a thousand answers! In war, there is only one question with one right answer. . . . Going to war makes you a man. It is emotionally exciting and morally restful.
I've been in love with the same woman for forty-one years. If my wife finds out, she'll kill me.
No need for confusion, my dear Mulgrave [. . . ] Beautiful wine and sour vinegar come from exactly the same source. Curiously if one leaves a bottle of wine open for long enough it will become vinegar. Happily in this house wine never survives long enough to go bad.
Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could do to make it go away. You just had to take it, suffer from it, until it eased off.