My life is good because I am not passive about it. I invest in what is real. Like real people, to do real things, for the real me.
It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.
I think it's definitely beneficial for these characters to have good acting voices behind them and it affects the characters in a way that people can feel like they're part of the game and that they know these characters.
I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses.
When you build characters from the outside in, they become, oftentimes they become like 'Saturday Night Live' characters or they become like caricatures of the character.
'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger compliment than to want to know more about my character, or the characters on the show.
Character builds on characters. Very few recognised them as a character, others should look for it until they get one.
Character builds on characters. Very few can recognised them as a character, others should look for it until they get one.
Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice.
To me a real patriot is like a real friend. Who's your real friend? It's the person who tells you the truth. That's who my real friends are. So, you know, I think as far as our country goes, we need more people who will do that.
I'm following a real event and real people.
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