#real

Idealism is like a castle in the air if it is not based on a solid foundation of social and political realism. ↗

— Claude McKay

#based #castle #foundation #idealism #like

I do not write by any set time schedule. I realize there are many writers who follow a daily regime where they arise at 6:00 a.m., do some sort of exercise, eat breakfast and then sit down and produce words for a three to four hour period. ↗

— Donald McKay

#arise #breakfast #daily #down #eat

Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#acting #amadeus #appeared #audience #broadway

It's really fun to be in a film that's pure entertainment, that people want to go and see. I think, in the current climate, the state of things, people want escapism. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#current #entertainment #escapism #film #fun

I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#care #guy #i #joe #politicians

I'm a modern woman in the sense of I take care of myself, I'm fiercely independent, and I'm really ambitious. Yet I have these old-school thoughts in my mind. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#care #fiercely #i #independent #mind

I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds. ↗

— Eva Mendes

#best #both #english #i #really

It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen. ↗

— Gary Cherone

#could #fun #halen #i #lasted

It's about a young man who has climbed to fame and he discovers that his writing and the relationship with his wife are really more important for him than anything else. ↗

— Ismail Merchant

#anything #climbed #discovers #else #fame

I think love is a really hard thing to define. I think it's multifaceted. ↗

— Sienna Miller

#hard #hard thing #i #i think #love