“I didn't want to be greedy. It's a mark of bad character and I always ...” — Walter Annenberg Quote

“I didn't want to be greedy. It's a mark of bad character and I always believed that pigs go the slaughterhouse.”

“It is not easy to find something that will intrigue and bind your interest and enthusiasm. This you must seek for yourself.”

“God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.”

“I don't know if I am cut out to playing a bad character or not - I really should give it a shot. I would like to play the voice of a baddie, but that's really just a cop-out!”

“You look at the part in '12 Years A Slave,' you finish that script - I mean, it's a powerful story. You go, 'Man, I have to play a bad character in this.' And then you go, 'Well, do I want to play a bad character and contribute to a good story?'”

“The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.”