“What, if not Shakespeare, is open for interpretation?” — Kelly Asbury Quote

What, if not Shakespeare, is open for interpretation?

Star-crossed lovers who have a destiny that isn't necessarily going to work in their favor - that's a universal story; that's an archetypal story.

The Smurfs - and they're this way in Peyo's comics as well - do have a rubbery indestructibility about them. They can get bruised & battered. But they then just sort of bounce back very quickly, like those classic cartoon characters Wiley Coyote and Tom & Jerry.

I think what's universal about the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' is every one has grown up and done something that was rebellious against their parents' wishes, be it love or something else.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

There's something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It's a reflection as opposed to an interpretation.

The nature of photography has always resisted that temptation of interpretation. I look, and what I see looks back at me.

I'm not trying to be romantic. I think you can tell when people are trying to be sexy onstage. When I was doing 'All the Way,' I was really thinking about my wife. People don't know my personal experience, but they can tell it's an honest interpretation.