“One of my jobs as an actor, regardless of who I play - even if I'm playing a despicable character - is to make people think that that character could exist, that he's real, and the way to do that is to make him believable. He doesn't have to be likable or charming, but he just has to be believable. That is someone who I could see on a bus. That is someone who I could walk past in the street.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayRealPlayCharacterJobsPastActorsWalksStreetsBusCharmingBelievableDespicable Author:Dominic Monaghan
“No human beings are one-dimensional, and if they feel one-dimensional to you, it's because you don't know them.” IfsKnowsFeelsHumansHuman Beings Author:Dominic Monaghan
“Human beings have a bunch of different dimensions, so even if you're playing someone who you think maybe the audience might not like, might not be going for, you still have to give them the dimensions to make them a real human, otherwise there's no point.” IfsThinkingGivingHumansStillsDifferentRealMightHuman BeingsAudienceBunchDimensionsNo PointReal HumanPlaying SomeoneDifferent Dimensions Author:Dominic Monaghan
“The government is supposed to provide a level playing field where people can compete fairly. It's not supposed to cut deals with one company or another to do so.” PeopleGovernmentLevelsDealsCompanyCuttingFieldsPlaying FieldsLevel Playing Field Author:David Brooks
“If you're cutting deals with one company or another, eventually, there's going to be a quid pro quo. There's going to be a bribe. There's going to be something.” IfsDealsCompanyCuttingBribeQuid Pro Quo Author:David Brooks
“The corruption will come back to haunt the Trump administration. But mostly, it'll come back to haunt the American economy, as companies decide they can make money by rent-seeking, by getting money from government rather than earning it the old-fashioned way.” WayGovernmentCompanyEconomyTrumpSeekingCorruptionAdministrationMaking MoneyEarningOld FashionedGet MoneyAmerican EconomyEarning It Author:David Brooks
“The excellency of every art is its intensity, capable of making all disagreeable evaporate.” ArtLiteratureCapableArt IsExcellenceIntensityDisagreeable Author:John Keats
“I just think, realistically, there's a lot of room outside the Trump populist right and the Bernie-Sanders-Elizabeth-Warren populist left. There are a lot of us who believe in open trade, open borders, a dynamic forward-looking economy, not a nostalgic economy, but do want to provide a significant level of social service or sort of economic Milton Friedman foreign policy, Ronald Reagan domestic policy, Franklin Roosevelt. And there's a lot of room in the center.” ThinkingWantBelieveLeftSocialLevelsRoomsEconomyEconomicPolicyTrumpTradeSignificantBordersForeign PolicyFranklinNostalgicPopulistMiltonSocial ServiceDomestic Policy Author:David Brooks
“I'm of course nostalgic for Barack Obama all of a sudden.” CoursesBarackNostalgic Author:David Brooks
“I prefer to stay on the important issues facing the American people.” PeopleImportantIssuesImportant Issues Author:Bernie Sanders