Back Story Quotes

19 quotes by 19 authors

For a song cycle to work, you have to feel these things when you hear them and you either have an emotional reaction to it… — Tori Amos
It wasn't long after I began writing Star Wars that I realized the story was more than a single film could hold. As the saga… — George Lucas
If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what you can get out of… — Miranda Otto
I think all writers are always collecting characters as we go along. Not just characters of course, we're collecting EVERYTHING. Bits and pieces of story.… — Alexandra Sokoloff
My mentor Jon Simmons introduced me to the Stanislavski system, which is so heavy on back-story. So you write and write and write these back… — Chris Zylka
I'm not really one of those people who goes and writes some big back story and agonizes over characters. I think you kind of can… — Rose McGowan
I had a great time making the last movie, 'Eclipse.' We shot my back-story stuff from the 1930's. But I was waiting for 'Breaking Dawn'… — Nikki Reed
First play I ever did was 'Footloose.' I played the part of Willard when I was 16. I think I wore my drama teacher's jeans… — Miles Teller
I remember my dad working with me on breaking down my script and writing out a back story for my character and all that stuff. — Jason Bateman
I don't think people really understood what I did. And you know, in my book, 'A Helluva High Note' deals with my back story, that… — Kara DioGuardi
In a series, you really need to stay open-minded. It's not like a play or a film, where you can create and fully commit to… — Johnny Galecki
I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately. — Aaron Taylor-Johnson
The most important things to remember about back story are that (a) everyone has a history and (b) most of it isnâ€™t very interesting. — Stephen King
What it taught me was forgiveness. It taught me that when people present themselves in a certain way, there's probably some back story or issue… — Denzel Washington
It's all about creating a back story for the character and developing emotional responses that are true to life in relation to the character. It… — Corin Nemec
I always do make a back story for myself, but I'm not sure how necessary it is. I just like to. — Gena Rowlands
We felt we had to know something of his back story. I don't think people in the cinema would just accept that he's there. I… — Andrew Lloyd Webber
I always work from back-story, that's what I always do, so you get a character, and you think 'OK, who's this guy, before the story… — David Morrissey
Part of an actor's job is to draw up a back story. — Bryan Cranston

Who Wrote These Back Story Quotes

19 authors contributed a total of 19 Back Story Quotes as follows: