You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into that world, whether it be actually something that you recognize from your own life or not.
Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn't kicked their dog when they were ten or something.
I'm not into extreme sports or something. I just live a quiet life.
This is my life - I want to tell stories. There is something huge inside me that pushes me to tell stories, and tell stories for an audience and everybody.
There are a lot of bitter people out there who have got jobs that they hate and the key to life for me is doing something you love doing.
Hollywood is very much an industry town. Your life becomes caught up in all of the parties and this list and that list. That's not something that I respond well to.
You know, I might get married at 50 or 60, when it actually means something to say 'for the rest of my life.'
It's always been really important for me to try to maintain a balanced life, professional and personal, and this was absolutely something that my husband and I had hoped for.
To me, nothing is more fascinating or theatrical than real life. These people are in dire situations, where something extreme has happened in their lives.
I was a young kid from Long Island who wanted to do something large with her life, so I can relate to that.
I think life on Earth must be about more than just solving problems... It's got to be something inspiring, even if it is vicarious.
A composer knows that music is written by human beings for human beings and that music is a continuation of life, not something separated from it.
There really is a certain magic that happens when you're in the studio. And it's important in life to feel that magic: to feel that there is something greater moving all this along.
I saw leaving college as an opportunity to do something different with my life. I always thought that becoming an academic was going to be my path.
To me, life is so exciting. To me, life is always trying to beat someone in something competitive. It's kinda been my whole life.
To make something look real and alive, nothing can be symmetrical because nothing in real life is symmetrical. You have to make it look organic.
I believe that we all have something to share with someone else that can better someone else's life.
Something that's such a joy in my life every day - cooking - is this incredible, horrific danger to women around the world.
I am extremely content in my life - sometimes to the point where I really should find something to moan about!
Asked to give advice to a 13-year-old girl about how to lead her life, I say find something you love to do. The goal shouldn't be accumulating money. It might be making changes in the world, or in your country.
I don't really think about doing something kind, I think there's just a way to conduct your daily life with compassion to other people.
