Normally, even if you're on the set for 12 hours, there may be only a moment or two when you are actually useful.
Tom StoppardThe truth is always a compound of two half- truths, and you never reach it, because there is always something more to say.
Tom StoppardYou always end up with too much, so it's good to be part of the conversation about not just what you can omit, but how you are going to do the grammar of the omission, how you make things continue to work when there's something missing. It's your last chance to rewrite.
Tom StoppardI smoke too much whether it's going well or badly. After all these years, I definitely associate having a pen in my hand with having an ashtray just out of eye line.
Tom Stoppard