I guess if you’re smart enough, you can do and say what you like and people just call you eccentric. It’s like being old.”
“Or rich,” Alex said.

want to become typecast as an eccentric.

Wszyscy archeolodzy są ekscentrykami. Normalnych nie ma. Nie wiem, z czego to wynika. Praca jest dość oryginalna, może przyciąga takich właśnie ludzi. Ale faktem jest, że w niewielu grupach zawodowych jest tylu dziwaków, co wśród archeologów. I to dziwaków wybitnych.

We are not cranky or eccentric, we have a legitimate claim and we want a voice in local issues.

I love tennis. I've played it my whole life. Loved it since the age of three. I had an injury, so from the age of 13 to 24 I didn't play much. Then when I moved out to L.A., there were so many tennis courts that I rekindled the love.

I think what's most fun is playing someone who's sort of selfish and in a lot of ways unlikeable, but there's this really big heart underneath it that you get little glimpses of.