Ironically, heavier comedians, actors, and the characters they play are actually more sympathetic, and easier for audiences to identify with, than the svelte. Lionel Shriver Read Quote
Together with the Works of Mercy, feeding, clothing and sheltering our brothers, we must indoctrinate. Dorothy Day Read Quote
In football, it is a question sometimes of the mentality, understanding the players, the atmosphere, the confidence. Rafael Benitez Read Quote
Look in the mirror, and don’t be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival. Stephen Jay Gould Read Quote
As an actor there’s a lot of scrutiny and, even when you’ve had success, it becomes about sustaining that success. A friend of mine described it as a peakless mountain. Even for De Niro there’s Pacino and for Pacino there’s De Niro. Eddie Redmayne Read Quote
The business has changed, and some people can keep talking about theatrical in these wondrous terms – it will survive, but it becomes narrower what you can make. So the films I’m most interested in, studios – or even the independents – aren’t making them. I’m mostly interested in people. Barry Levinson Read Quote
I view my pitching on how confident I was out there, period. And if I lose that confidence, I can become a prisoner of my own mind. Barry Zito Read Quote
I really love New York, and I’ve lived here for a long time. I know not just the different neighborhoods but the different kind of class cultures in New York from the up-and-coming, down-and-out kind of artist to the powerful worlds of finance. Neil Burger Read Quote
