Approach Quote by Berenice Bejo

Sometimes insight into character and dialogue means being silent.

— Jeff VanderMeer

In what we think of as bad dialogue, the characters talk directly to each other.

— Diane Johnson

As actors, we were fighting that tooth and nail because of fear, because language is a crutch and dialogue is a crutch, and it's…

— Charlize Theron

Actors have to have conversations not just with dialogue but with silences.

— Aaron Pedersen

When it comes to thinking about how a character talks, there are literary and language considerations. For actors to be able to differentiate between…

— Mike Leigh

The less lines, the better. I am the silent film actor, but not in a slapstick sort of way. Film is an image-based medium,…

— Callum Keith Rennie

I'm an instinctive actor. I just see the part and play it. I'm more interested in what isn't said - the silences.

— Philip Glenister

In the movie, you have to decide as an actor how you are going to give a character presence. You can't really move, walk,…

— Mark Strong

I think actors always find the dialogue doesn't quite fit, so you always have to play with it.

— Felicity Jones

The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with…

— Conrad Hall

In silent films, quite complex plots are built around action, setting, and the actors' gestures and facial expressions, with a very few storyboards to…

— Laurie R. King

When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people…

— Walter Murch