I can go to a movie theater and watch a movie I was in with an audience... but with television, the opportunity to meet the fans at Comic Con or any other situation, it's a chance to enter that circle; it's that sharing. Mark Sheppard More Quotes by Mark Sheppard More Quotes From Mark Sheppard Simplicity is the pursuit of the essential. Mark Sheppard simplicity essentials peace The lessons we learn, we must learn again and again. Mark Sheppard again-and-again lessons Just when you think you're playing your cards right, God shuffles the deck. Mark Sheppard deck cards thinking Hitting your head against a wall is not the fastest way to move it. Mark Sheppard hitting wall moving John Adams was a farmer, Abraham Lincoln a small town lawyer. Plato and Socrates were teachers. Jesus was a carpenter. To equate wisdom and judgement with occupation is at best insulting. Mark Sheppard plato teacher jesus The opposite of simplicity is not complexity, but fragmentation and alienation. Mark Sheppard simplicity opposites peace I think people do sci-fi a huge disservice by lumping it as some sort of bizarre subculture genre when I think everybody's lives are impacted by sci-fi at some point. Mark Sheppard bizarre people thinking It's a fascinating job, to come in and be the most interesting person in an episode. Whoever the guest star is, that's the job - to maintain the interest and the focus for that 42 minutes or whatever, and it should be a huge relief to those people that are the leads in the shows. Mark Sheppard stars jobs people If a person is dying of cancer, you do not say, 'You can't turn back the clock.' You try to heal the person, no matter how painful the process. Mark Sheppard cancer dying peace The defenders of the status quo often masquerade as the preservers of harmony. Mark Sheppard masquerade harmony peace We are all riding on the same bus. Mark Sheppard riding bus peace When you're shooting a movie that's not necessarily a huge budget, you have to think about what you can leave out and still make it interesting. Mark Sheppard interesting thinking In lower budget filmmaking, everything is a favor. You're pushing everybody, all the time. You're trying to get the best out of it that you can, and it has to be a labor of love, or you can't get it done. Mark Sheppard filmmaking done trying Tell me something I can dance to. Mark Sheppard i-can I've been lucky enough to work with some of the best TV directors there are, and I've learned from how they had to handle when things don't go quite according to plan. Mark Sheppard best go enough work When something is written for you or handed to you, sometimes there's a very interesting dance as you discover what it is that's required. Mark Sheppard you dance sometimes interesting It's the imagination that is involved in sci-fi, and fantasy is what draws me to it. Stories, everything. Mark Sheppard everything me fantasy imagination The idea of future or past, either way, is a core part of entertainment. It's something we've always loved as humans. Its part of our psyche, I think. Mark Sheppard loved think future past With sci-fi you get these kind of stories in historical drama, and it's just so fabulous. Mark Sheppard just you historical drama It seems to realize itself to be some of the most exciting TV and films that are made. Sci-fi just has that ability. Mark Sheppard realize some just ability
