"I'm attracted to the past."

-- Tom Stoppard

“As an actor playing a character, I can't come in with my judgement, or else I can't play it honestly. My judgement has to be reserved for later.”
“Knowledge that takes you, not beyond yourself is far worse than ignorance.”

Source : "The politics of fiction". TED Talk, www.ted.com. July 2010.
“What's fascinating about D.C., the exteriors are these elaborate structures, this gorgeous architecture and beautiful stonework, and then you go inside and it's crap-looking - apart from the White House, which is beautiful.”

Source : "Tony Hale Talks Being a Body Man in ‘Veep’ and the Return of Buster Bluth" by Sam Adams, www.indiewire.com. April 26, 2012.
“Every time I see a film or TV show, I think about how that composer made those choices and how that director envisioned music and how that could work onstage or in a film and how you could support that even further by putting lyrics to it.”
“I want to live in a world where people care about others, and try not to hurt others with words or actions.”
“The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.”
“We don't become heroes overnight." - One step at a time, eventually discovering we have the strength to stare it down.”
“If people are saying that somehow their connection is going to be detrimental to their health, of course they are going to reject that idea, because that's the power of falling like that.”

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