We can only move to a long-term resolution regarding terrorism and war by planting seeds of peace. We have to start with ourselves.
It's the idea that anticipation is as scary as anything in a movie could be. People's imagination is the most effective tool in creating terror or dread.
I believe in imagination. I did Kramer vs. Kramer before I had children. But the mother I would be was already inside me.
I don't actually like explaining the meanings of my songs, because I think people can take away more from it if they use their imagination.
One way we can enliven the imagination is to push it toward the illogical. We're not scientists. We don't always have to make the logical, reasonable leap.
Reading a book, watching a movie, going to a play, it's transporting, and very, very exciting. And to be a part of that, creating things with your imagination, whoa.
As an actor I think sometimes producers need a little bit of encouragement to see you in a particular role, they may not have as much imagination as you would expect.
The public has an appetite for anything about imagination - anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible.
Classical plays require more imagination and more general training to be able to do. That's why I like playing Shakespeare better than anything else.
You always think, no matter how many times you fail, that the next time you will succeed. Otherwise you wouldn't keep trying.
Once I'm on stage, there's just no time for a sip of water - I've always got my hands in puppets! My voice is raw by the time I finish.
I've always felt that, although Truffaut was greatly revered and admired, at the same time, in terms of film and how much he loved film, he was underestimated.
Charlie Chaplin: The tramp can't talk. The minute he talks, he's dead.
Deregulation created this epidemic of greed which according to the rules of capitalism was OK. Beyond that there was criminal behaviour. There have been no repercussions and it's hard to make your peace with.
For a long time, I really struggled with the idea of being an actor because I really felt that I should be in the Peace Corps.
People who avoid the brick walls - all power to ya, but we all have to hit them sometimes in order to push through to the next level, to evolve.
I think Julia is defining a new feminism. It's the power of the open heart. And its ok to be sexual.
I think there's a collective consciousness around the world that there are things beyond our control that have the power to annihilate us, as a species, and it's all rather frightening.
If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.
I welcome him like I welcome cold sores. He's from England, he's angry and he's got Mad Power Disease.
With somebody like Harrison Ford, they're so commanding and confident, and you know, he does have a certain power or charisma, and those are things that are sort of ineffable.
