What I've discovered and really confirmed to myself is that opera really likes loud colours, and you need something bold, something savage, unpredictable, passionate. You can't really run a two-hour opera round some muted murmuring.

  • -- Ian McEwan 伊恩·麦克尤恩

我发现并向自己证实的是,歌剧真的很喜欢鲜艳的色彩,你需要一些大胆、野蛮、不可预测、充满激情的东西。你不可能围绕着一些无声的窃窃私语上演一部两小时的歌剧。

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The man is distinguished from the youth by the fact that he takes the world as it is, instead of everywhere fancying it amiss and wanting to improve it, i.e. model it after his ideal; in him the view that one must deal with the world according to his interest, not according to his ideals, becomes confirmed.

人之所以不同于年轻人,是因为他实事求是,而不是到处去想事情不对,想改进它,也就是说,按照自己的理想去塑造它;在他看来,一个人必须根据他的兴趣,而不是根据他的理想来处理这个世界的观点得到了证实。

I sing in many different colors and, hopefully, they add up to a great performance that, after you leave the theater, makes you feel like I've really shared something of myself.

我用很多不同的颜色唱歌,希望这些颜色加起来能成为一场精彩的演出,在你离开剧院后,让你觉得我真的分享了自己的一些东西。

I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.

随着年龄的增长,我发现生活比你小时候想象的要复杂得多。这不仅仅是一个简单的童话故事。

Measurements, observations, descriptions can only be considered scientific when they are independently confirmed by other people.

只有当测量、观察和描述得到他人的独立确认时,才能被认为是科学的。

I suddenly discovered that acting made girls notice me.

我突然发现表演能让女孩们注意到我。

I've always considered myself a character actor.

我一直认为自己是一个性格演员。