When you're creating new roles out of scratch in my opinion working with the actors is a great asset. You can learn a lot from that.

If you work hard and play by the rules, you'll have a better life than your parents did, and your children will have a better life than you did.

When you're creating new roles out of scratch in my opinion working with the actors is a great asset. You can learn a lot from that.

Film is much more visual, a scene is typically a lot shorter, you’re dealing with a lot more characters, a lot more locations and you’re able to rely on things that you just can never do on the stage.

In politics, it's very theatrical. There’s a lot of stage craft. The campaign is trying to tell a story that they want people to believe in, and candidates are playing the role, like actors, by a creative personae that people will be attracted to.

I refuse to buy a PS3 or Xbox for my home for fear that it might ruin my life. I think I would cease to accomplish anything productive, would quickly dispense with all human contact, and would very well end up with a nasty case of arthritis in my over-used digits from constant gameplay.

The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.