In the highest sense, we are all creatures of light. And I have a very difficult time talking with people who are cynical about the world. "The world is no damn good, and we're all animals," and that kind of thing. Well, I'm an animal.
I never said most of the things I said.
If people don't want to come to the ballpark, how are you going to stop them?
Half the lies they tell about me aren't true.
Even Napoleon had his Watergate.
Pitching always beats batting — and vice-versa.
If the world was perfect, it wouldn't be.
People are experience-rich and theory-poor.
In particular, for my character, Celeste [in Big Little Lies], there was a way in which we wanted to present her, because she has sort of barriers that she has to put up for protection because of things that are going on in her life. Yet she wants to be, I suppose, very presentable but neutral.
Whoever marries the spirit of the times must soon become a widower.
Television is the quickest form of recognition in the world.