In the time between when you first read a script and are offered the role

and the time when you begin to shoot, I really love putting in the time and work on that and getting a solid backstory to a character and researching all that I can about what that person does for a vocation or their upbringing or where they're from. John Hawkes

We know that our senses are subject to decay, that from our middle years they are decaying all the time; but happily it is as if we didn't know and didn't believe. William Henry Hudson

Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. George Bernard Shaw

When you grow up in a totally segregated society, where everybody around you believes that segregation is proper, you have a hard time. You can't believe how much it's a part of your thinking. Shelby Foote

Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels. Frances O'Grady

I don't find Hollywood interesting, so I'm thinking of studying architecture instead. Hayden Christensen

The white man has got the gold out of the land which belonged to the red man. Red Cloud

All great results in our universe are founded in motions and forces the most minute. John Joly

I can't dance anymore. Total knee replacements. I can't do anything anymore. Annie Dillard

I'm a big believer in, no matter what you go through in life, as long as you can laugh your way through it, you're going to be okay. Alyssa Milano