Fundamentally, American society is composed of individuals who don't go out of their way to do each other favours.
“A great department store, easily reached, open at all hours, is more like a good museum of art than any of the museums we have yet established.”
“The best preparation for acting is life - observing life and people and observing yourself. All that becomes your library. So when you have to research a part, a scene or an emotion, you go into the library and get what you need.”