"As an actor, you have to be open to doing things where you look stupid, to be experimental."

“Whenever convictions are not arrived at by direct contact with the world and the objects themselves, but indirectly through a critique of the opinions of others, the processes of thinking are impregnated with ressentiment. The establishment of "criteria" for testing the correctness of opinions then becomes the most important task. Genuine and fruitful criticism judges all opinions with reference to the object itself. Ressentiment criticism, on the contrary, accepts no "object" that has not stood the test of criticism”

Source : Max Scheler, Harold J. Bershady (1992). “On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings”, p.132, University of Chicago Press

“Everything I'm doing musically is for its own sake. I'm recording at my house, trying really hard to write songs with a four-track tape recorder.”

“How then can we change being? By applying the knowledge of the Work through self-observation to ourselves. And remember that you do not change by being told what to do. You only change through seeing what you have to do when you realize what your being is like.”

“And the formation of man is the most pressing problem facing humanity.”

“At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it's a challenge to pull any idea together. On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.”

“I am a typical Italian; I love the clan. But I don't think about getting married.”

“I had read enough mediocre scripts and was determined not to inflict another one on the world.”

“I don't want Christmas season to end, because it's the only time I can legitimately indulge in on particular addiction: glitter.”

Source : "Paris in Love: A Memoir". Book by Eloisa James, April 3, 2012.