When you want to know something about the character of somebody in public life, look to see if they have a passion that began long before they were in office and that they have consistently held it throughout their career.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You can tell a lot about a person by the people who work for them.
I am an old journalist, so I always do a lot of research and dive deep into people's character, who they are, and their motivation.
The only time the private parts of someone's life are relevant is when they're affecting public performance. And just because someone is a public person doesn't mean that any part of his or her private life is open to scrutiny. If someone is doing his or her job, you have to have enough empathy to understand that we all have personal problems.
People are intrigued and fascinated, almost obsessed with the private lives of great public personalities.
Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very rare.
Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
Today, there's an expectation that you get to know public people. In the past, it was much more what you did and how you presented yourself.
If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character.
When you take on a role, even if the character is somebody that you are dissimilar to, you have to identify with the role and look for an emotional connection even if there is not a biographical one.
The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.
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