I did a play called Throne of Straw when I was 11, at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. It became really clear to me at that point that I enjoyed acting more than any other experience I was having. less than 1 minute read
The human face is the organic seat of beauty. It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul. less than 1 minute read
The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought. less than 1 minute read
Loneliness is and always has been the central and inevitable experience of every man. less than 1 minute read
I believe there’s no proverb but what is true they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences. less than 1 minute read
While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom. less than 1 minute read
I’m not trying to be romantic. I think you can tell when people are trying to be sexy onstage. When I was doing ‘All the Way,’ I was really thinking about my wife. People don’t know my personal experience, but they can tell it’s an honest interpretation. less than 1 minute read
A good government may, indeed, redress the grievances of an injured people but a strong people can alone build up a great nation. less than 1 minute read
The biggest danger to the European Union comes not from those who advocate change, but from those who denounce new thinking as heresy. In its long history Europe has experience of heretics who turned out to have a point. less than 1 minute read
Well, I think the main message is there is more to your story. There is more than what happens between the crib and the grave, and that is what I am really trying to speak to, this idea that all of life is this life and that there is nothing more than what we see and experience right here on this earth. less than 1 minute read
