“It is the city of mirrors, the city of mirages, at once solid and liquid, at once air and stone.” Quote by Erica Jong
“Every time somebody says 'Islamophobia' it gives the people who are intimidating cover.” PeopleGivingIntimidatingIslamophobia Author:Bill Maher
“Politics is not a baseball game with winners or losers. What politics is about is whether we protect the needs of millions of people in this country who are hurting.” PeopleNeedsCountryGamesHurtMillionsProtectBaseballWinnerLoserBaseball Games Author:Bernie Sanders
“Why is there such passion for any sort of gossipy, provocative sensual stuff? It sells!” PassionStuffSellsSensualProvocative Author:John Densmore
“Once people start to think they've wasted parts of their life, or they're wasting their life as they speak, that means there's going to be great dramatic and comedic tension.” PeopleThinkingMeanSpeakDramaticTensionComedic Author:Denis Leary
“I like to give the actors freedom to take what we have on the page and improve on it. And they do that quite a bit.” GivingActorsBitsPages Author:Denis Leary
“I try and shoot as often as I can, I cross shoot. I have at least two cameras rolling at the same time. So I'll have two actors or two sets of actors at a time so everybody's basically on camera. So when they improvise we have everybody's coverage. And you can then go in the editing room and find the energy still stays there.” TryingStillsTwoActorsEnergyRoomsCrossesCamerasRollingEditingCoverage Author:Denis Leary
“The second season is generally easier do because you know the actors better and they know the characters better and if everybody likes each other you can really go all types of places.” IfsKnowsCharacterActorsTypeEasierSeasonsLikes Author:Denis Leary
“We've always talked about doing something else and Campbell Scott is always busy and I'm always busy. But when we came up with the idea of doing the potato famine as a hip hop musical, I wanted somebody who was going to bring gravity.” IdeasWantedMusicalBusyHip HopHipsHopsGravityPotatoesFaminePotato Famine Author:Denis Leary
“Campbell [Scott] also directed me in a film with Hope Davis called Final. That was the first thing we did together, but I've known him for years.” YearsFirstsTogetherFilmKnownFinals Author:Denis Leary
“There's a method aspect to Campbell Scott character and he really wants to get into his character and he wants to cast to go on a fast so that by the time the play opens nobody's eaten in three days because he wants the audience to feel the pain from the stage.” WantFeelsPlayCharacterPainThreeAudienceStageGoes OnAspectMethodCasts Author:Denis Leary