I could make thousands of dollars in Broadway musicals, but among the best experiences I had was doing 'Hamlet' in Milwaukee and a version of 'Cyrano' that my wife wrote for me on a bus-and-truck tour.
Already when I was very young, I was a fabulador. I loved to give my own version of stories that everybody already knew.
I'm now an agnostic but I grew up on the King James version, which I'm eternally grateful for.
The text loses its virginity simply by being staged: it's no longer the abstract ideal version; it's an event.
There's only one side with me. You get the right side. You get the correct version of the facts.
I started crying, because there's nothing like hearing that the artist who originally did the song likes your version.
One of the greatest tragedies in life is to lose your own sense of self and accept the version of you that is expected by everyone else.
A lot of people want to see this idealized version of heroism, all pretty and perfect, and I'm not interested in playing the goody-goody hero at all.
I was traumatized by the cartoon version of 'The Hobbit.' It's not supposed to be scary, I don't think, but literally I think that's the most scared I've ever been.
I'm a big techno fan. I love that thumping kick drum. We heard a version of 'Lost in Love' and it was thrash metal. It sounded cool!
Sometimes an actor will stumble on the joke, and I'm right on them. Back it up before the audience hears the bad version of the joke, because humor is 90% surprise. If they know what's coming, they won't laugh as hard.
According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979.
If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotized by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change.
I'm on my version of the protein diet, but there ain't no protein in it. It's a Krispy Kreme doughnut between two Cinnabons. And you soak it overnight in Red Bull. Then you chase it with a Snickers.
'Mistresses' is about the lives of four women, each going through different versions of infidelity. Their longtime friendship is what gets them through extremely challenging times.
I actually think Johannesburg represents the future. My version of what I think the world is going to become looks like Johannesburg.
Well-being changes as we move through life, which is why a child's version of it cannot be the same as an old person's.
In the next few years I'd love to play a female version of Doctor Who. I know exactly how I would play her - she would be crafty in a clever kind of way.
I came second in a 1,500-metre running race at school. I knew I couldn't have come first, so second was my version of first.
Whenever you do something, people try to re-do it and do a better version, especially if they're in another country.
We're promoting such a narrow version of literacy that we're not including what a lot of boys like.
