The industry's changed so much that you can't just design something, put on a great show, and say, 'Okay, my job is done.'
The point of my work is to show that culture and education aren't simply hobbies or minor influences.
A college education shows a man how little other people know.
The word 'equality' shows up too much in our founding documents for anyone to pretend it's not the American way.
I wanted to show that Martin Luther King was simply a human being, not a god, not a saint.
What I really honestly want is just to be working steadily... I would love to just be on a great TV show and have it run for awhile.
Sometimes 'great acting' is just showing off - chewing up scenery and dialogue and other actors - the equivalent of a theatrical sugar rush.
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
Right after 'Desperate' sold to China, we were the most watched show around the world at the time. That's really something great to be a part of.
I've got this thing where I think great shows have great credit sequences. I don't know why that is, exactly.
And what would be great numbers in a Broadway show are now on stage of the New York City Ballet.
No great television show has ever rested on just one person. They're all about great ensembles and storytelling.
To say of a picture, as is often said in its praise, that it shows great and earnest labour, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view.
I think 'Shameless' is more of an everyman's show, whereas as great as I think 'Girls' is, it's got a smaller audience.
I've seen some great write ups and I emailed her the other night because I saw her on an awards show recently.
Making a transition to the adult acting industry was pretty smooth for me, and I had a great balance and a great opportunity not to do just children shows.
You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
I'm very excited to work with everybody on 'The Bridge' - the cast, the writing staff, the executive producers - the show is really good. I'm very lucky to be a part of it.
I honestly love nothing better than digging into a really good serialized show, whether it's 'Breaking Bad' or 'Game of Thrones' or 'Justified.'
I have spent a good part of my life showing what an intellectual bubble the Left lives in.
