Every human has four endowments - self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom... The power to choose, to respond, to change.
The thing I respond to the most is just great writing, interesting characters. I like to think that there is something fun about playing a character that has a lot of authority in her own life.
To me, a lot of what makes a good actor is not what a teacher tells you to do but how you respond when you're on your own.
Each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
It is imperative that when thousands of selfless volunteers respond to those who have incurred the wrath of a natural disaster that legal liability need not be hanging over their heads.
The specific story line that people have responded to the most has been the horror of bathing suit shopping.
I’m endlessly fascinated by the way people interact, what they say to each other and how they respond to different situations.
This is normal, to have pressure. It's how you respond. Take the pressure, use the pressure, have fun.
I believe, however, that impending events will call us and we must respond but where, with whom, and how?
What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.
The attraction, and my particular participation is in being able to communicate with my fans, answer their questions, get a feel for how they respond to Vader.
We react to fear when we are uncertain of the outcome, we respond to fear when we don't care about the outcome.
The role of a liberal arts college within a university is to be a genuine part of that university, giving and responding to the other parts.
People respond faster to you on a text than an e-mail. Why is that? Why will they ignore an e-mail, but get back to a text?
Actors usually respond to minor aspects of their own character or things that even feel disparate from themselves.
Our humanity consists in our ability to sense and respect and respond to the humanity of others.
Every role is physical to a certain extent, but as a viewer, I don't respond well to actors doing more than they need to tell a story.
The frustrating thing about 'Friday Night Lights' is I know a lot more people would respond to the show if they saw it.
But clearly at the same time you've got to get out there and connect with voters and actually respond to the needs, the frustrations, whatever problems their now saying are not being adequately solved.
It is impossible for someone to lie unless he thinks he knows the truth. A person who lies is thereby responding to the truth, and he is to that extent respectful of it.
I feel a connection to many songs that I won't sing because I don't think they are right for me! There is something in my gut that immediately responds. There's no science to it.
