Pastoral Resources

I don't think they knew exactly where they were going with the character, but they lay those stories out ahead of time, so they had some idea where they wanted it to go.

In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.

It is scary for an actor when you get hired as a lead. No matter what the plot is, it is your job to do something interesting enough to make them want to get inside the lead character's head.

I feel the other element of a western is the land, which is very important in this movie. I mean the land is another character in the piece, actually.

I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with; something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace; some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.

But that the reasoning from these facts, the drawing from them correct conclusions, is a matter of great difficulty, may be inferred from the imperfect state in which the Science is now found after it has been so long and so intensely studied.

There is therefore a tremendous mystery in the fact that God may be united with man and the man with God.

Fort Smith, being the place of my longest stay, was the scene of my largest medical practice.

Originality depends only on the character of the drawing and the vision peculiar to each artist.

What happens if you're the guy who's been on the show ten years and is highly paid but they have nothing for you to do is that they bring in other people, and you become a supporting character to those people.

But with a rate of return of 1.6 percent or less, or a negative rate of return, our children and our grandchildren, if we do not make changes, will in fact not have a secure retirement. Indeed, they will not have the funds when they go to retire to even minimally get by.

And in fact, I think one of the best guides to telling you who you are, and I think children use it all the time for this purpose, is fantasy.

I think I did have fantasies about being an actor. In fact, I know I did.

I think possibly the first film that has music as its leading character.

My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.

When you do rap albums, you got to train yourself. You got to constantly be in character.

I practice safe sex - I use an airbag.

It's absolutely true that it's almost impossible to play a character without having any affection for him.

It's fun to play the character and then watch him later.

It was nice, though, to have the long term benefit to be able to pare away those things and eventually make the character my own and put my own unique stamp.