Can Society Get The Benefits Of Religion Without The Faith?

Alain de Botton: “How did religion once enhance the spirit of community? More practically, can secular society ever recover that spirit without returning to the theological principles that were entwined with it? I, for one, believe that it is possible to reclaim our sense of community – and that we can do so, moreover, without having to build upon a religious foundation.”

Philip Seymour Hoffman On Acting And Directing At The Same Time (He Didn’t Like It)

“[If] you’re directing and acting you’re on both sides of that equation so everyone’s just waiting on you completely which is … it needs to be shared, that relationship. There needs to be an actor and a director and they should be sharing the responsibility of getting it right. … I remember going, ‘Phil, remember this, remember this feeling right now. Don’t do this again’.”