It is not being in Jerusalem, but living a good life there that is praiseworthy.
The depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men.
The Parent Trap wouldn't have been as special without the remarkable performances by Hayley Mills.
Henry Fonda gave me a spanking during a scene in Spencer's Mountain.
Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them.
John Wayne is not just an actor, and a very fine actor - John Wayne is the United States of America.
Being an Irishwoman means many things to me. An Irishwoman is strong and feisty. She has guts and stands up for what she believes in. She believes she is the best at whatever she does and proceeds through life with that knowledge. She can face any hazard that life throws her way and stay with it until she wins. She is loyal to her kinsmen and accepting of others. She's not above a sock in the jaw if you have it coming.
Even those who have desired to work out a completely positive philosophy have been philosophers only to the extent that, at the same time, they have refused the right to install themselves in absolute knowledge. They taught not this knowledge, but its becoming in us, not the absolute but, at most, our absolute relation to it, as Kierkegaard said. What makes a philosopher is the movement which leads back without ceasing from knowledge to ignorance, from ignorance to knowledge, and a kind of rest in this movement.
Industrial capitalism brought representative democracy, but with a weak public mandate and inert citizenry. The digital age offers a new democracy based on public deliberation and active citizenship.
When I'm in the studio, I become a total nerd.
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion; in order to serve others better, one has to hold them at a distance for a time. But where can one find the solitude necessary to vigor, the deep breath in which the mind collects itself and courage gauges its strength? There remain big cities.