Ask me Quote by Billy Crudup

A lot of times when you do things where you're killing people, the character is always having an existential crisis about it. It's fun…

— Rose McGowan

I think fatalism and redemption are themes that help a reader organize and eventually "own" a story or character. Writing them, I just want…

— Linden MacIntyre

Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either.

— Meg Cabot

I don't really wanna think about themes. I wanna just think about the experience of the movie. I feel like, as soon as I…

— Wes Anderson

My feeling has always been if you entertain people, they give you permission to do more on a thematic or character level.

— Noah Hawley

I'm all about entertaining and keeping a reader on the edge of their seat, so to me, the social issues have to be meaningful…

— Andrew Gross

We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. ... All we are trying…

— Walt Disney

True, I don't begin with an idea for a play - a thesis, in other words, to construct the play around. But I know…

— Edward Albee

I always look for the writers and what they're creating. If it's something I don't buy, it's really hard for me to play it.…

— Sarah Clarke

I try to stay away from tropes, or if there is a trope there, I ensure that it's cleverly written and isn't just lazy…

— Adam Pearson

And the most important thing - apart from telling a good, believable story, and being a true character - is to be someone the…

— Anna Friel

I've gotten to play some pretty intense characters and I tend to think it's therapeutic for me.

— Leonardo DiCaprio