#par

I'm not particularly fond of the hybrid writer-director or actor-director. ↗

You know, when I got started on television in the '80s, you would go to the costume department, and if you were a female they put you into a skirt. And you had a pocketbook, usually a shoulder bag. ↗

— Melissa Leo

#costume #department #female #go #got

I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies I see, and in the ones I am a part of. ↗

— Joshua Leonard

#am #empathy #go #human #i

The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research. ↗

— Joshua Leonard

#circumstances #connection #else #emotionally #everything

Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring. ↗

— Sugar Ray Leonard

#challenge #compare #every #every time #nothing

In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#greater #law #learning #part #tell

Discomfort is very much part of my master plan. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#master #master plan #much #part #plan

I grew up with an artist father, and my parents' friends were also mainly artists or writers, so he connects what I do with his example. ↗