Melodrama is one of the most stunning ART forms. These are stories where the emotions are big, and the SITUATIONS are big, and the ARTISTS believe in the situation dramatically. There's no irony or distance.

Some people have such a talent for MAKING the best of a BAD situation that they go AROUND creating bad SITUATIONS so they can MAKE the best of them.

Every age has its own POETRY; in every age the circumstances of HISTORY choose a NATION, a race, a CLASS to TAKE up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry.

I'm a peace-maker, I can FIT into a LOT of SITUATIONS. I'm PRETTY easygoing. I have a lot of PATIENCE.

The more time GOES by, the more things will HAPPEN to you in your LIFE. And the ability to be positive throughout and look for the good in people, look for the good in situations - it's so important.

I do this WORK, but I am UNCOMFORTABLE in SITUATIONS where you're hyped into something you're not. Just because you're in a long limo doesn't mean ANYTHING.

When I'm WORKING in TELEVISION, I've learned you've got to work fast. You don't have TIME to rehearse; you don't have time to just MESS around. You've got to move quickly. So I pick that up from that world, and I also pick up the idea of development of character and development of SITUATIONS.

You can't just get in a BOAT with SOMEONE and be great straight away. It TAKES a lot of time to get used to each other. You need to LEARN how the other person reacts to certain situations.