Quotes about "Politics & Government"

When I finish a film, I want to feel drained. I want to feel like I couldn't have possibly done any more to service a character and a story. ”

If I had not become an actress, I would be a journalist or a psychologist: I like to analyze the mind and be involved in political moments that change history. ”

Grace, respect, reserve, and empathetic listening are qualities sorely missing from the public discourse now. ”

How you first meet the public is how the industry sees you. You can't argue with them. That's their perception. ”

My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury. ”

I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the drama department. From there, I went to a performing arts high school in New York City called Laguardia and I just kind of fell into the professional side by happenstance. ”

I grew up in New York, and I grew up with a mother who was an arts lover herself, and I went to these New York City public schools with these great arts education programs, so it was something that I was lucky enough to be able to be exposed to very early. ”

As my parents taught me, by both words and deeds, a life of public services is as much a gift to the person who serves as it is to those he's serving. ”

For me, there can be no higher public service than serving as a member of the U.S. Supreme Court. ”

I've been in leadership roles on Broadway, and it's one thing to lead a Broadway company - you're with those people for a year straight, and you're doing that same show, eight shows a week. It's quite another when you carry on the story... You go beyond that, and you ride the wave of a character. ”