Pastoral Resources

One of the things I wanted to introduce in The Same Sea beyond transcending the conflict, is the fact that deep down below all our secrets are the same.

Intelligence we gathered at the time indicated that this was in fact leadership and we struck the leadership.

Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy.

You have to accept the fact that part of the sizzle of sex comes from the danger of sex. You can be overpowered.

Character is one of most precious parts of you. You can't get involved in things that will damage your character.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

Character is much easier kept than recovered.

I'm aware of the fact that a lot of talented people out there will never get this chance.

I used to work in a funeral home to feel good about myself, just the fact that I was breathing.

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up?

Game shows are designed to make us feel better about the random, useless facts that are all we have left of our education.

The fact that drilling won't solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all.

I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap its values. But you are sort of restricted visually when your first requirement is to tell a fairly straightforward story.

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures.

Success in golf depends less on strength of body than upon strength of mind and character.

One thing that's great about being a character actor is that a movie doesn't rest on your shoulders. If it bombs, it won't hurt my career.

The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But in real and lasting writing the character is.

There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that that other people, especially network TV, won't touch, that we're satirists.

You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.

There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes.