Our politics are overrun with characters acting at the behest of shadows.
Opening acts are hard, really hard. There's more politics involved than music, sometimes.
Some writers have even argued that it may be possible to wean sex offenders away from their criminal activities through the use of pornography - with pornography acting as a substitute for sexual acts rather than a stimulant. This ties in with the ar...
What I do know is that writing is the thing I am best at, and I don't have the stomach, the ability, the strength or the courage to enter the political arena. And I think writing can be a political act, if only to let those people accountable know th...
Every film is a political act; it's how you see the world.
I must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us.
The most courageous act in politics is to try to understand your opponent.
Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
I was in college, and I studied everything, but was really not good at anything until I found philosophy, and, then, political science. I thought, 'Wow, this is something I really enjoy.' I kind of got into that whole world of law and political scien...
I got into acting to avoid politics of any sort so I could remain in a fantasy world.
The real goal of politics has to be getting people to act on what they already know was wrong.
Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.
The secret of DNA's success is that it carries information like that of a computer program, but far more advanced. Since experience shows that intelligence is the only presently acting cause of information, we can infer that intelligence is the best ...
I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors. When you get right down to it, they probably like being fooled by politicians even more. A skillful actor will ...
Today’s milestone is human madness. Politics is a part of it, particularly in its lethal outbursts. Politics is not, as it was for Hannah Arendt, the field where human freedom is unfurled. The modern world, the world of world war, the Third World, ...
Many outsiders clarified that they believe Christians have a right (even an obligation) to pursue political involvement, but they disagree with our methods and our attitudes. They say we seem to be pursuing an agenda that benefits only ourselves; tha...
When I act tough they listen politely till the spasm passes. They know.
I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate, not just about the thing itself, but also producing aesthetic, stylistic, political and moral discussions.
I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.
Politics, where fat, bald, disagreeable men, unable to be candidates themselves, teach a president how to act on a public stage.
The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
