Thaw Quotes

(On the late, great John Thaw) Not only did I admire the work John had done but also what he had achieved in his lifetime. As a man, he was incredibly nice and was totally giving as an actor. We had some stressful scenes together (in Monsignor Renard) including the one towards the end where my character breaks down in front of the priest and begs his forgiveness. John was nothing but supportive. At the time he was quite ill and yet didn`t allow that to affect his performance. I was really upset when John died because I would`ve loved to have worked with him again and show my gratitude for how he helped me out as a young actor.

If the permafrost does thaw, as our model predicts, it could have a major influence on climate.

I began to thaw out and express myself.

Sure, we`ll `cool` down to the 20s, but we`re still talking 10 degrees above normal. Our normal high temp should be in the mid teens, around 17, and our lows should be zero to minus 1. Usually by late January we get a thaw, with temperatures in the 20s and 30s, but you usually don`t go with as high of temperatures for three weeks as we`ve gone here.

John had a wonderful sense of humor which is belied sometimes by journalists` impression of him as irascible. He loathed the whole celebrity circuit. In between takes he was like an Irish storyteller in a bar - he wouldn`t tell jokes, just stories and you would find yourself rolling around and crying with laughter. He was a wonderful mimic, particularly of people on the set rather than famous people. (On John Thaw)

One swallow does not make a summer, but one skein of geese, cleaving the murk of March thaw, is the Spring.