Character Quote by Ben Bass

What I do have to get across is the truth of the moment within the given scene. It's my job, as a director and…

— James Gray

What draws me to roles, I think, are moments - moments that define character, where so much more of the story is told in…

— Nathan Fillion

From the moment you show someone making a decision on film, you judge that moment and that starts to build your point of view…

— RaMell Ross

There's the truth to every moment that you have to bring to every scene, but you have to understand the tonality of the film…

— Timothee Chalamet

I hesitate to speak about what the character's feeling in a moment just simply because I don't wanna rob the audience of the experience…

— Monica Barbaro

An intuitive grasp of your character is formed by exploring scenes of profound emotional import-moments of overwhelming shame, joy, fear, pride, regret, forgiveness.

— David Corbett

The last thing I want is that sense of artifice - rather I want the reader drawn into the story and lost in it…

— Steve Erickson

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in…

— Mercedes Lackey

When I'm writing from a character's viewpoint, in essence I become that character; I share their thoughts, I see the world through their eyes…

— George R. R. Martin

Because I'm highly empathetic, it's easy for me to put myself in the character's shoes. It's, you know, finding the truth of the moment.

— Rooney Mara

For me, it's important that I experience and feel what the characters are feeling. So I put myself in those moments, in their thoughts,…

— Chevy Stevens

The stories that I like to tell and the movies I like are always grounded in the emotional arc of the characters.

— Eric Balfour