The real issue is not talent as an independent element but talent in relationship to will desire and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.

I think actors are getting so much more power these days but I'm not. I stay very much away from the decisions the way in which things are orchestrated what's been changed. I just try to stay completely in the role as the actor and as the character.

Power is so characteristically calm that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength.

Because power corrupts society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Character is power.

I did this role in Life Goes On as an HIV positive character and so emotionally that was the most challenging.

Research programmes besides their negative heuristic are also characterized by their positive heuristic.

I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic.

I've always gotten a positive reaction to doing African-American characters.

I had never had a positive leading character - somebody that wasn't an antihero or who wasn't more of a guy that you're supposed to be on the side of.