To arrive at a just estimate of a renowned man's character one must judge it by the standards of his time, not ours.

  • -- Mark Twain 马克·吐温

要对一个著名人物的性格作出公正的评价,就必须以他所处时代的标准,而不是以我们这个时代的标准来判断。

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Probably people always feel that they are living in a time of transition, but we can hardly be mistaken perhaps in thinking that this is an era of particularly momentous change, rapid and proceeding at an ever quickening rate.

也许人们总是觉得他们生活在一个过渡时期,但我们也许不会错误地认为,这是一个特别重大的变革的时代,变化迅速,而且速度越来越快。

Oftentimes, in fact I think this is to my fault, I look at usually scripts as a whole. I should probably pay more attention to the character that I'm going to play and what they do.

通常,事实上我认为这是我的错,我通常把脚本看作一个整体。我应该更注意我要扮演的角色和他们的行为。

We all have these tendencies in us that could go this way or that. I think that's the real key in writing. To look at a character without judgment.

我们都有这样或那样的倾向。我认为这才是写作的真正关键。不加判断地看一个人物。

If I have stepped on some people at times because I am at the top, it couldn't be helped. What should I do if someone gets hurt... retire?

如果我有时因为处于巅峰而踩到某些人,那是没有办法的。如果有人受伤了我该怎么办?退休吗?

Fame is not the glory; virtue is the goal, and fame only a messenger to bring more to the fold.

名誉不是荣耀;美德是目标,而名声只是一个信使,带来更多的折叠。

Only the public can make a star. It's the studios who try to make a system out of it.

只有公众才能成为明星。这是工作室试图创造一个系统。