You can see cavities in their mouth when they're open.

They let themselves be bare before me. They screamed and yelled and cried and moaned and sobbed and growled. I gave them a scene, a character and maybe a line and, boom, all of sudden there was another human being in front of me.

They were giving performances from 3 or 4 feet away, and it was amazing.

I'm very curious and fascinated by the creative process. To see somebody take words, a line, a story and make another human being out of them is one of the most fascinating, unbelievable things.

Cutting waste is a politically difficult task because almost every program has an active constituency that profits from the status quo, ... But Sen. Chambliss recognizes that the federal government must set priorities. He has taken a long- term view of the nation's fiscal problems and makes a serious effort to tackle the enormous debt being left to future generations.

The Deficit Reduction Act is a modest step to control spending. There is nothing compassionate about ignoring reality and leaving a crushing debt burden to future generations.