Whenever I'm offered something, I always read the script and meet the director. I still appreciate just being considered.
I read a fan bulletin board once, and somebody said I had a face like a potato, so I never went back on there.
Usually if you read a screenplay, no matter who's writing it, the bad guy is always written as a one-dimensional bad guy.
With no reason to hide these words I feel, and no reason to talk about the books I read, but still, I do.
'Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.
The common eye sees only the outside of things, and judges by that, but the seeing eye pierces through and reads the heart and the soul.
Often, if I read a story and I'm moved, I have an understanding for a character and I don't really know why.
In the words of Agatha Swanburne, founder of Swanburne Academy, "Every book is judged by its cover until it is read.
I've been interested in Japan since the 1930s, when I read about Japan's vicious crimes in Manchuria and China.
Reading the bible is like dumpster diving. You sift through the garbage hoping to find anything of value.
Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read
Reading is a technology for perspective-taking. When someone else's thoughts are in your head, you are observing the world from that person's vantage point.
I read a lot of 'Nancy Drew' books as a kid and considered myself a bit of an amateur detective.
The fact that people are already reading and loving something I wrote is still hard to believe.
I feed my mind by reading everyday as I feed myself by eating every day.
This book is the book you have just read. It’s done.
I read somewhere once that getting lost is the best way to find yourself.
But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet.
I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.
I do think the first time you read a script, that gut response is very important, and that probably plants a seed that continues to blossom throughout the whole experience.
No. I didn't look at the last few scripts. I didn't want to read them because I'm a 'Breaking Bad' fan. I wanted to experience it with everyone.
