The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a read more

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing -- the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.

Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy, ' you know?And it's really true. There is a need for aloneness which read more

Goethe said, 'Talent is developed in privacy, ' you know?And it's really true. There is a need for aloneness which I don't think most people realize for an actor. It's almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you'll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you're acting.

Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.

Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.

Modern Americans are so exposed, peered at, inquired about, and spied upon as to be increasingly without privacy--members of a read more

Modern Americans are so exposed, peered at, inquired about, and spied upon as to be increasingly without privacy--members of a ;naked society and denizens of a goldfish bowl.

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife.

Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.

Privacy is the right to be alone--the most comprehensive of rights, and the right most valued by civilized man.

Gentlemen do not read each other's mail.

Gentlemen do not read each other's mail.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.

There is no private life which has not been determined by a wider public life.