I think once you get noticed as an actor you get roles irrespective of the characters you portray.
If democracy is to be an articulation of mutual respect, a leader in a democracy leads by showing respect to all.
I have no hang-ups in life. I don't care about groups and camps. I have been brought up with certain values and ethics. I have never been egoistic about my stardom and lineage. I don't have any qualms about breaking the ice with my colleagues. I can walk up to any actor and greet him, irrespective of what kind of equation I share with him.
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
You can see neurosis from below - as a sickness - as most psychiatrists see it. Or you can understand it as a compassionate man might: respecting the neurosis as a fumbling and inefficient effort toward good ends.
But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour.
I could speak for hours about equality and what needs to change in football and in society as a whole. But in the end, everything comes back to respect.
When I was 15, and I just stepped on the A-team, I believed in myself, but I wasn't cocky in any way. I just wanted something so badly that I could tell people around me that were ten years older that they had to play and perform. I would still say that I had respect.
The Weizmann Institute showed me respect and didn't require many administrative tasks, so I was quite independent. I did what I wanted.
A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
