Actors are part of a certain percentage of people on this planet who have an emotional vocabulary as a primary experience. It's as if their life is experienced emotionally and then that is translated intellectually or conceptually into the performance. — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
With BSG, sci-fi is the human experience taken beyond the envelope. When I first became involved with the project, I knew that I would… — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
I do think that it's extremely important with this character show her assuming power with a great deal of grace, and find out how… — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
Ron allowed us to see right away the private piece of a person about to become very public. I suspect we're going to see… — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
It's phenomenally important to me that, if I'm going to be spending years on a project, I need to be interested in the whole… — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
It is really wonderful for me to understand that there are times in life when your job, and the excellence of your job, requires… — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
We never know all the facts and the more we're mindful of how we deal with people, the more opportunity we have to evolve. — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
For me, as an actress, one of the most essential things that I need to know is what do I want for and from… — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
I love the idea of a woman being able to discover the idea of power this way, on such a scale. And I don't… — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
That moment was very important because it was political. That's what has to be done, so they struck a deal. She figures his is… — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
It's really important for actors to feel that they're more than something for hire. — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
The Cylons are such a frightening concept - not knowing who is real. No way. — Mary McDonnell Copy Share Image
