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A painting lets us know how somebody literally saw things. A piece of music is another language that transmits a whole wealth of emotion and wordless experience. But writing is special in the way at allows us to temporarily enter another person's world, to step outside the boundaries of our own time and space. ”
What is the truth? Is it what you experience? Is it what I experience? Or is there some objective truth in between? ”
We shouldn't deny the right of the minority to filibuster, but we need to do a much better job of making them own it. That way, the American people could figure out who is being obstructionist and who is willing to compromise. ”
There is no first-hand account of what the Queen was saying or thinking, so my job as an actor is to interpret her circumstances. ”
I've experienced love and ambition and desire in my life, but never in the same way as in a family. ”
My goal is always to do something that feels just beyond my reach, and 'Homeland' continues to do that. Every season, they find new ways to scare me. The show is like a diamond that fell from the sky. I'll always feel slightly bludgeoned by it, but in the best way possible. ”
I actually went to study journalism at Northwestern, thinking that would be my Plan B for a career. But then I realized, if I'm going to struggle and make no money, I might as well do what I really want to do. ”
I had a burning ambition. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accomplished it. ”
My single-minded aim is to give existence to fantasy. ”
Our goal is just to put the best music out there possible. ”