If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking about their flaws and their passions and what they're chasing.
I've never even done a residency.
It's always surprised me that mainstream America had the good taste to like R. E. M. It doesn't have the digestible quality the general public tends to look for in its favorite musicians.
The first horror movie I saw, in first or second grade, was My Bloody Valentine [1981], where there's a deranged killer in a miner mask stalking a small coal town.
I was never afraid on stage. That's where I was the least afraid. I could just do what I do and I had the amplification and the lights.
There's a structure to a detective story that I can easily understand. I understand playing that particular game. It's like solving a puzzle. Or creating a puzzle.
I like to be alone, I mean, I really love to be alone more than anything else, and I don't really like to talk about myself to death, and I don't like to share too much, and I don't really have dreams of extreme fame or even extreme respect.
I kind of knew Cleveland was going to get the No. 1 pick. I think they rigged it. No, don't quote me on that.
Aw, it's just like a woman. When the shootin's all over and everything's safe, they pass out.
See! From the brake the whirring pheasant springs, And mounts exulting on triumphant wings; Short is his joy! He feels the fiery wound, Flutters in blood, and panting beats the ground.
If we want to change something, we must begin with understanding. But if we want to love something, we must begin with acceptance.