“I think what disturbs me about the whole idea of [celebrity culture] is that it’s a lie. People don’t look like that, or behave like that, the world isn’t full of happy endings. And the more you keep telling people that it is, the more terrified and lonely they feel when they see that’s not what their life is like. And that’s not the job of an actor, or of a playwright. It’s to reassure the audience that life, as muddled and as wonderful as it is, is worth living. And that pain is just as much a part of it as pleasure and happiness.” — Helen McCrory

(Source: v-mulqueen, via previouslyhighgardens)