My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
I sold my first screenplay six months before 'Glee,' but they had the option for a year and now it's back with me.
You don't have to be like anyone else. You just need to learn more about your own creative self and start blooming.
If you are unclear about what attitudes you adhere to, you will have a difficult time evaluation which ones are not serving your highest good.
Living in a way that reflects one's values is not just about what you do, it is also about how you do things.
Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.
In particular, I found praying very disturbing, like swimming with bricks tied to your feet. And yet I was drawn to it constantly.
I like working with kid actors because they surprise you constantly. I mean, all actors do - but kids particularly.
You know, there's a difference between politicians and leaders. Politicians read poll numbers and compromise. Leaders do what's morally right.
Watching a film should feel like you just tore a hole out of the air and the void caught fire.
I feel like every artist has an opportunity to create something new and to challenge themselves to reach out to a new crowd.
I'm on the board of directors for Peace Now, which works tirelessly between the Palestinians and the Israelis to create peace in the Middle East and we've never been closer.
I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim.
Reading a hard copy book, and reading a book on an iPad are slightly different experiences. What they both have in common though is that you must engage your imagination in the process.
Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still willing to go along for the ride.
It's what still excites me most about acting: letting your imagination go places it's never been before. There's nothing better than that.
Your primary tools, as an actor, are observation and imagination. You can pretty much get everything you need from that, and you do. It brings back that element of pretend.
I think I'm an actor because I have very strong imagination and empathy. I never studied acting, but those two qualities are exactly the qualities that make for an activist.
I've learned that guns are exceptionally challenging to use effectively, with a power that must be respected. But mostly what I've learned is that they're a lot of fun, and dangerously appealing to an active imagination.
Everybody's going through a lot of stress these days, no matter how well off you are and how many advantages you have, it's a stressful time in everybody's lives.
Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
