"The final reward of the dead - to die no more"

“Achieving control over change, in respect to lifestyle, demands an engagement with the outer social world rather than a retreat from it.”

Source : Anthony Giddens (1991). “Modernity and Self-identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age”, p.184, Stanford University Press

“[The Front Page] is still full of peppy banter as it sends its seedy knights after cheap scoops.”

“In the 1940s, cigarettes would be shown in classy situations, endorsed by celebrities - real A-list Hollywood stars in America - the ads would make claims about tobacco quality or manufacturing science and, bizarrely, some brands had what almost amounted to health claims.”

“In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.”

“The real challenge in acting is in comedy. It's easier to get that gasp in a drama. Not easy, because you still have to find that emotional pitch. And when you do something in drama and you hear that sob from the audience it's so fulfilling. But as a comic actor, when the laugh is supposed to come and you punch in that line and nothing happens it is dreadful. It's horrific and you feel like dying right there.”

“I am tired of being in an industry that doesn't appreciate me.”

“We have to make ourselves as perfect as we can.”

Source : "Pacific Aggression with Shaun Scott". Interview with Jake Uitti, www.themonarchreview.org. August 19, 2013.

“When you get to a certain level of recognizability, celebrity, you can't go out of the house without someone going, "Can I just have one photo?" I don't mind, by the way, if anyone wants one we can take some photos. But sometimes you just wanna stay in the house or in the hotel room with the shades closed.”