Obviously because of my personal connection to Mandela and having had his story as part of my childhood, I knew how awesome he was.
I was trying to be very at ease in this arrogant person, and very worldly, but something human came into the part. I hate to say that. I wanted to be totally worldly.
It is simply not part of my culture to preserve notes. I have never heard of a writer preserving his early drafts.
Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.
I wanted to play the part that Mary Kay played, the lawyer who wanted to have baby and felt her clock ticking, because it was something I could relate to.
I grew up loving TV so much. It was such an integral part of my youth, and I was completely an Emmy geek.
I don't have a grand master plan, but I try to be thoughtful when I can and also silly. It's part of the fun.
I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars.
I'm so excited and honored to be part of 'Entertainment Tonight!' 'E.T.' was the show that started all the entertainment news, so I couldn't be more thrilled.
For the entire first part of my career, I prided myself on being unflappable even in the most chaotic of circumstances.
I've always exuded some connection to my sexuality even as a kid. So to me, being sexy means staying connected to that part of me.
I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.
With Crazy Horse, it's all one big, growing, smoldering sound, and I'm part of it. It's like gliding, or some sort of natural surfing.
I suppose being quite young and being thrust quite dramatically into a large public arena skewered my vision of what it means to live and be a part of something.
When I'm creating a character, I don't see it so much as playing someone else as just playing a specific part of myself under certain circumstances.
Well, on the one hand the Turks have the legitimate need to defend their national dignity - and this includes being recognized as a part of the west and Europe.
Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part.
Successful people do not have a part-time mindset nor a full-time mindset, but a lifetime mindset.
To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.
The English have always been greedy for news of times past, with that mixture of fatalism and melancholy which is part of the national character.
Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.
