“Raymond Aron ascribes to Weber the view that 'each man's conscience is irrefutable.' ... while [Weber] holds that an agent may be more or less rational in acting consistently with his values, the choice of any one particular evaluative stance or commitment can be no more rational than any other. All faiths and all evaluations are equally non-rational.” MenMayValuesChoicesViewsActingParticularConscienceCommitmentRationalAgentsConsistentlyStanceEvaluationWeber Author:Alasdair MacIntyre
“For me, teaching helps to reaffirm the right principles and values of acting. It helps me focus on the good stuff that can be easy to lose sight of because the business is so result-oriented.” HelpingValuesEasyStuffLosesResultsActingPrinciplesFocusTeachingSightHelp MePrinciples And Values Author:Mark Pellegrino
“Surely, 'tis one step towards acting well, to think worthily of our nature; and as in common life, the way to make a man honest, is, to suppose him soso here, to set some value upon ourselves, enables us to support the characterof generosity and virtue.” ThinkingMenWayWellsCharacterValuesCommonActingStepsSupportVirtueHonestGoodnessCharityGenerosityCommon Life Author:Laurence Sterne
“We use important words too frequently and they lose value; for instance, charm and great. An actor or musician often is proclaimedgreat when we really mean he is outstanding.” MeanArtImportantUseValuesActorsLosesActingMusicMusicianInstanceCharmOutstandingReally MeanOften IsImportant Words Book:The Fabric of Memory Source: The Fabric of Memory
“Especially when it comes to something like the awards, I find it kind of baffling that 'True Blood' has been snubbed so many times given the incredible range of acting they have on there; I mean, incredible storytelling and the incredible production values.” KindMeanHas BeensValuesGivenActingBloodIncrediblesProductionsStorytellingRangeAwards Author:Denis O'Hare