Yet, as she often told the press, acting wasn't real to her. Pain was: colitis, crushed discs, exhaustion, or the pneumonia that almost killed her during the making of "Cleopatra".
Although Minerva was too young to remember that night, its aftermath left her with a bitter understanding of the complications of growing up with magic in a Muggle world.
Toward the end of his life, he lost control of his body and was abandoned by his dignity, something he remained painfully aware of until his final days.
Saying he was "painfully aware that I have deeply hurt many many people", Madoff described a long-running scheme that he knew from the beginning was "criminal and wrong" but hoped would end shortly.
Once again, she was as painfully conscious of not turning away from the security cameras at work as she had been in those first few days after she shot Jacob.