Approach Quote by Asa Butterfield

I try not to articulate ideas in the film once I've arrived on the plot and the characters. I believe that if I focus…

— Ira Sachs

You can do everything differently in a novel. Hero narrates the novel; we're in his head. You're hearing all his thought processes and you're…

— Jonathan Tropper

With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life.

— Bruce Beresford

If you just read the book, you're taking in the narrative, you're taking in the characters, you're understanding it in a certain way. If…

— James Franco

I discovered you can get closer to a character's thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

— Morris Gleitzman

When we were rehearsing for the movie, I tried to read up on everything I could and Mark and really understand who he was.…

— Jesse Eisenberg

I do extensive research before I begin writing, but only a fraction of the research goes into the novels. The writer does not need…

— Edward Rutherfurd

The main character in the book is usually someone you're identifying with because the story is being told through this person's mind.

— Jay Asher

I think with every character I get, there's an approach that's appropriate. I feel like my own job is to interpret what there is…

— Keith Stanfield

I am an actor and I do not have to relate to whatever I play on screen them at a personal level. What is…

— Jisshu Sengupta

I discovered you can get closer to a characters thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

— Morris Gleitzman

I would say that it's mainly about the director. It's a hard quality to find, but I always know whether I want to do…

— Alden Ehrenreich