Truman Capote was a pop figure, but it wasn't until he went on David Susskind's show and had that extraordinary voice and manner that everyone could imitate, that he really took off as a figure.
When I was younger, I never wanted to rehearse because I thought that someone would figure out I don't know what I'm doing. Now I like to really spend the time and figure it out, and rehearsal is to try something that doesn't work.
H.I.: We figured there was too much happiness here for just the two of us, so we figured the next logical step was to have us a critter.
I think high school's very difficult. You're figuring out your own power and your effect on other people. You look back and see how you spent so much energy on figuring out things with your parents or your peers.
It's kind of up to the actor to deconstruct the scene and deconstruct the character and figure out how to make it real. That's what I love about this job: It's sort of a puzzle each time, and figuring that out is sort the key, whether I'm playing a c...
Being poor sucks... It's hard to figure out the secrets of the universe when you're trying to figure out where you and your girlfriend are going to sleep next month.
I've always felt I want to be of service to the world somehow. I haven't yet figured out how to do it, and I may never figure out how to do it.
I would have to work on the song and figure out how they wanted the song done, because they're such high-intensity songs. We figure that out first, then I go back and listen to it and go over and rehearse stuff with it and try to get a feel for the w...
But the best problem I ever found, I found in my local public library.
Never confuse truth and the latest public opinion poll.
I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.
If you're going to use the public resources, you need the public benefit.
I was at a public school until I was in sixth grade when I moved to New York.
I have had a career in public service.
But as I always say to people I'm essentially a public service person.
There is already huge public interest in stage musicals.
My plans were to practice law and then possibly go into public service.
Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.
Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is doing a public service.
The public is mad, frustrated, but what the public wants is progress.
Every musician liked Peggy Lee, but not the general public.
