"A classic is like a hidden treasure. Its core is buried under so many layers of varnish that it can be reached only by patience and infiltration."

-- Jean-Louis Barrault

#Patience Quotes #Treasure Quotes #Layers Quotes

“Playing what Hollywood determines is a hero, it immediately sets actors up to feel like they just can't explore the dark parts of themselves - the character has to be likeable, has to be fuckable, has to be redemptive on all fronts. When you're playing a character that's just inherently destructive or messed up, you're given this beautiful permission to try things. There's a license to fail.”

Source : "Family Ties". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 13, 2016.
“Now, there are roles which are capturing a vibrant moment in an older woman's life. There was a time when those interesting roles stopped at 28. A few years ago we would have been finished by our age.”
“Young. Old. Just Words.”
“To write about a struggle amidst the struggling: one must hope that the muddling will end someday.”
“All my life people have been waiting around to watch me die.”
“I mean one of the weird things about TV and one of the things that some actors don't like but I kind of dig is that you never know where you're headed, I mean you never know what the writer might think of next.”

Source : "Mary McCormack Talks In Plain Sight". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. April 20, 2009.
“I love that after a day when nothing is sure, and when I say 'nothing' I mean nothing, you can come home and absolutely know that if you add egg yolks to chocolate and sugar and milk, it will get thick. It's such a comfort.”
“You won't see Moonves on Twitter.”

Source : "Leslie Moonves on Why Broadcast Trumps Cable, What He Said to Steve Burke". The Hollywood Reporter Interview, www.yahoo.com. April 12, 2012.

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