#iv

In my whole career, in fact, I can remember only two first nights when a show was at its peak on the first night. And I just wish we could devise a system where critics came not on a single evening but were given a choice of performances to attend. ↗

— Richard McCabe

#came #career #choice #could #critics

Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there. ↗

— Anne McCaffrey

#also #because #build #contain #live

I've had some ambivalent feelings about being an actor. I don't know that I've ever been totally and completely comfortable with it. ↗

— Don Johnson

#actor #ambivalent #been #being #comfortable

I am stable when my private life is a success. ↗

— Don Johnson

#i #i am #life #life is a #private

I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive. ↗

— Don Johnson

#i #i think #little #little girls #more

Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes. ↗

— Donald McKay

#individual #manner #natural #processes #thought

If you're a kid who's not necessarily attractive, and you don't have money, and you're not hip and cool, chances are you're not going to feel good about yourself and want to be an actor. ↗

— Jim McKay

#actor #attractive #chances #cool #feel

Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What is evil to one at one time, becomes good at another time to somebody else. ↗

— Mencius

#another time #becomes #else #evil #exists

We live, not as we wish to, but as we can. ↗

— Mencius

#wish

Thank God I don't live in Los Angeles. I think if you're there the whole time it just gets out of proportion and you lose touch completely with reality. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#completely #gets #god #i #i think