Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone. . . not even to ourselves.
Sometimes I wish I could just fall in love. Then, at least you know who your opponent is.
If Botticelli were alive today he'd be working for Vogue.
Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down.
A twinge of conscience is a glimpse of God.
The great thing about history is that it is adaptable.
Laughter would be bereaved if snobbery died.
To be afraid is to have more faith in evil than in God.
Your mortal attachments are like a puppet’s strings," Avari said, both hands clasped casually at his back. "One need only pluck the right cord to make the puppet dance. " His smile was almost creepier than his threats. "Dance, reaper!
True conformity to the dictates of nature requires reverence for the past and solicitude for the future. 'Nature' is not simply the sensation of the passing moment; it is eternal, though we evanescent men experience only a fragment of it. We have no right to imperil the happiness of posterity by impudently tinkering with the heritage of humanity.
Villains with a conscience have this sad realization of who they are, and the monster they've become — there's a sense of regret. So at the end of these movies there's a dramatic resonance that really stays with the audience.