"Im a character actor, and I made a choice when I was young, after Mystic Pizza, not to go for the mainstream stuff, and to do a more eclectic kind of route."

-- Vincent D'Onofrio

#Character Quotes #Choices Quotes #Eclectic Style Quotes

“Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.”
“At the very heart and center of existence, pervading the whole manifestation of the divine Idea, there exists one predominant Law. This Law â€“ insofar as it may be comprehended by humanity â€“ decrees that the tendency to preserve harmonious equilibrium, shall always be stronger than the tendencies toward discordance.”
“Is not nationalism - that devotion to a flag, an anthem, a boundary so fierce it engenders mass murder - one of the great evils of our time, along with racism, along with religious hatred? These ways of thinking - cultivated, nurtured, indoctrinated from childhood on - have been useful to those in power, and deadly for those out of power.”
“No, thank you, I don't mind the rain,' I said. I always lacked common sense when taken by surprise.”
“I'm writing this down, because it is going to be hard for me to say it. Because this is probably our last time just us. See, I can write that down, but I don't think I can say it. I'm not doing this to say goodbye, though I know that has to be part of it. I'm doing it to thank you for all we have had and done and been for one another, to say I love you for making this life of mine what it is. Leaving you is the hardest thing I have to do. But the thing is, the best parts of me are in you, all three of you. You are who I am, and what I cherish in myself stays on in you.”
“I am personally thankful that we live together in a large moral house even if we do not drink at the same fountain of faith. The world we experience together is one world, God's world, and our world, and the problems we share are common human problems. So we can talk together, try to understand each other, and help each other.”
“It's always a risky business inviting somebody on stage. You never know what they're going to do. I try to avoid letting people join me onstage because it can be very distracting, and overly theatrical.”
“Grief is like manure, if you spread it out it fertilizes, if you leave it in a big pile it smells like crap.”

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