Some movies I see today have the most dramatic plot points but the actors are not playing them dramatically. Use this quote
I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff. Use this quote
True character arises from a deeper well than religion. Use this quote
Courage is the fear of being thought a coward. Use this quote
I like American history. Use this quote
Eccentricity has always abounded when and where strength of character had abounded; and the amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and courage which it contained. Use this quote
The time you spend alone with God will transform your character and increase your devotion. Then your integrity and godly behavior in an unbelieving world will make others long to know the Lord. Use this quote
Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it. Use this quote
Clinton and Obama practice this politics known quaintly as the Richard Speck strategy: if you cannot take on everyone in the room at once, take them out of the room one at a time. Use this quote
I don't like the idea of famous people. Use this quote
Wit is the appearance, the external flash of imagination. Thus its divinity, and the witty character of mysticism. Use this quote
I had never had a positive leading character - somebody that wasn't an antihero, or who wasn't more of a guy that you're supposed to be on the side of. Use this quote
The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. Use this quote
If they would teach us from the time we're little to meditate and get in touch with all that our souls know, we wouldn't fight so much. Use this quote
The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil. Use this quote
Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that. Use this quote
Jackson went from the professor's chair to the officer's saddle. He carried with him the very elements of character which made him odious as a teacher; but I never saw him in an arbitrary mood. Use this quote
I often find the smaller, independent films are much more rewarding than the bigger stuff, but you do the bigger stuff because it's a business, and you've got to show your face a bit, get yourself around. Use this quote
Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason. Use this quote
The next thing I knew, I was out of the service and making movies again. My first picture was called, GI Blues. I thought I was still in the army. Use this quote