178 Quotes About Alchemy

Actors are exposed in a way that nobody else can understand. They are subject to the likes and dislikes of people their entire life, no matter how successful they are. At the same time, in order to be liked, you have to not be yourself. So it's a very complicated human exercise - an alchemy that I have never understood.

Grounded in the natural philosophy of the Middle Ages, alchemy formed a bridge: on the one hand into the past, to Gnosticism, and on the other into the future, to the modern psychology of the unconscious.

There's something about the alchemy of the show - the actors, the writers, the directors, the editors - that makes 'Parenthood' unique. You get so deeply embedded with these characters because you go through life with them, and that's our priority.

It is alchemy in reverse: the golden rule has turned to dross in his hands

School librarians play such an enormous role in bringing children to books they are going to enjoy. It's a magic alchemy when that works.

I love the alchemy of cooking, the theatre of it. It's creating something.

It's alchemy and chemistry and farming and hard work. Really hard work.