I don't really have foresight as an actor as far as career trajectory - I just stick to no-brainer situations.
Sophocles was a general: a warrior writing plays about military situations.
I suspect that here theists and atheists would agree: Human beings have within them the ability to choose evil or good. We wake up each day facing the age-old struggle of good and evil. In some situations, mental illness clouds our judgment.
Whatever my contract situation is, that will be going on in the background.
Politics is the art of achieving political goals - of achieving what is possible in a given situation - that is, in a situation that has its conditions and its limits.
The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
People have to respond to the characters and respond to the situations that they're in. That said, it still has to be a compelling narrative that drives along and keeps people coming back week after week. So really, with any successful show you could name, there has to be a mysterious blend of both of those.
In another situation, and in an active station in life, I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.
