I'm an incredibly intelligent, insightful human being.
We learned that there was a super intelligent, passionate audience that wanted material that was nuanced and detailed and authentic.
All I can do is put out the good stuff, and people will make the decision on whether they like it. My fans are very intelligent people. They're not stupid. They know what's good.
I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surprising.
I'm intelligent enough to survive happily and be compassionate. If I were too smart, I would realize all the ills of the world.
As a pop star, you don't have to be that smart for people to think you're intelligent.
Everyone working on 'Tyrant' wants to present the world and the issues in it in an intelligent, open, fair, non-reductive kind of way. For the actors, we have to try and make these stories as truthful and compelling as possible.
We had a certain kind of really big prestige among, I suppose not just intellectual folk, but a sort of nice middle class intelligent folk of a very urban nature.
I think network TV to a large extent has underestimated the intelligence of the American public for so many years now. It's tried to appeal to the lowest common denominator. I think the average viewer is much more intelligent than that and crave a little more complexity and are willing to pay more attention.
I try to do more intelligent roles, unusual roles, and stronger women, and that's helped me a little bit with my casting opportunities.
