Datingportale setzen allein in Deutschland seit 2006 jedes Jahr mehr als 100 Millionen Euro um, Tendenz steigend. Verständlich, dass Großkonzerne um die Gunst der Nutzer buhlen, deren Daten bei Übernahmegeschäften den Besitzer wechseln. Wer mitliest, weiß niemand.

Jahrhunderte lang trug die Vorstellung romanischer Liebe den Keim der Revolution gegen Vernunft und Konventionen in sich sowie die Furcht vor dem Unbekannten. Der Spätkapitalismus zieht ihr diese beiden Krallen und verwandelt sie in ein Spiel, das nicht weniger abgekartet ist als jede Zwangsheirat.

Das Internet schreibt heute ganze Liebesgeschichten: Vom Kennenlernen über den Seitensprung zur organisierten Racheaktionen und anschließenden Seelsorge bis hin zur Scheidung – für alles gibt es einen Anbieter und noch einen, der für uns die verschiedenen Anbieter vergleicht.

Datingportale sind Maschinen, die durch Ein- und Ausschlussverfahren die Partnersuche regulieren sollen – unverbindlich und ganz individuell. Da bei so viel Kontrolle aber nichts dem Zufall überlassen werden darf, gehören Maskerade und Spionage zum digitalen Datingalltag.

Die Maschinen tun mehr, als bei der Partnersuche zu vermitteln. Sie zerlegen ihre Nutzer in Schokoladenseiten, sexuelle Vorlieben, politische Ansichten etc. und stellen somit Kontakt zwischen virtuellen Informations-Profilen her, die den Menschen dahinter als Objekt der Begierde ersetzen.

Warum sich beschweren? Vertrauen in den Zufall ist gut, Kontrolle ist besser. Und schließlich bleibt alles beim Alten: Die einen suchen schnellen Sex, die anderen die Liebe fürs Leben und wie immer gibt es keine Garantien. Somit hätte sich wieder einmal alles geändert, damit es bleibt, wie es ist.

I learned construction and carpentry from my father at a young age, so I felt very comfortable and I felt very satisfied when I worked in that field.

I couldn't describe how little interest I have in men. Or I could - but I don't think that it would be appropriate.

The central ideas of Christianity, an angry God and vicarious atonement, are contrary to every fact in nature, as also to the better aspirations of the human heart; they are, in our present stage of enlightenment, absurd, preposterous, and blasphemous propositions.

It took me a long time to make that leap to being a grown-up and responsible adult because I carried on being a child actor into my late twenties. It's OK to be precocious when you're young, but when you're a man of about 27 or 28 and playing a 17-year-old in a TV show, it kind of prolongs your childhood.

You grow up with a heightened sense of the Civil Rights Movement, but I think it wasn't until I became of age that I really had a great appreciation for the struggle that took place.

A play is a passion.

I completely think of myself as sexual. Completely and utterly. Probably more so than I did when I was 30. I don't know why. I'm very comfortable with how I look. I'm absolutely committed to never having anything done to my face. I would never let anyone near me with a Botox needle.

I let go of all that no longer serves me.

Something 'bout the pain makes me want more... done a lot of drugs, never felt like this before.

Exercise is king. Nutrition is queen. Put them together and you've got a kingdom.

There are directors who, their direction is high, but then when you challenge it, it crumbles. They can't back up what they're asking.

Let every dawn be to you as the beginning of life and every setting sun be to you as its close.

The most useless are those who never change through the years.

It's definitely an intrinsic part of my makeup that makes me want to see black when everyone else is seeing white.

I was starting to buy into my own sort of stereotype in a way.

I did not destroy the 43 volumes of my diary, which report on all these events and the share I had in them; but of my own accord I handed them voluntarily to the officers of the American Army who arrested me.

When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose.

I've simplified much more in my writing. I say what I've got to say, not in metaphor.

I cook some damn good eggs!

Steve and I saw eye to eye on the story and I got the part, but I think in the beginning it was due to my brother's instigation. So I owe him for that.

The adult works to improve his environment while the child works to improve himself.

I love the way I look. I'm fine with it. And if my body changes, I'll be fine with that.

Boredom always precedes a period of great creativity.

I'll always be a Georgia girl at heart, but I live in Los Angeles full time. My parents still live in Georgia, so I go home as often as I can.