Subtext Quotes

28 quotes by 26 authors

When I used to watch comedians with my dad, he laid it all out for me. He wanted to be a comedian himself, and he… — Roseanne Barr
The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree of knowledge. The… — Frank Zappa
You have to watch out with my plays. They're like yeast. You think they're one thing, then all of a sudden subtext gets to working. — Horton Foote
It was like hiking into a Hemingway story; everything was sepia-toned and bristling with subtext. — Leslie What
... somehow I couldn't stop. I had turned into someone that I would have pitied in another life; someone who searched for signs, who analyzed… — Jennifer Weiner
There's no subtext in Harry Potter really; it's all magic, anything can happen. Why do I say this? Because it's a magic spell. It's quite… — Michael Gambon
Celebrity poverty, that's the hidden scandal in Blair's Britain. You can't help but worry for them. A girl I knew developed X-ray eyes for celebrity… — Peter York
As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place that helps that. — David Brooks
I do tend to be an analyzer. I'm an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying… — Cynthia Nixon
For me really good acting is about subtext. — Clive Owen
All the music I loved as a child, people thought it was junk. People were unaware of the subtext in so many of those records,… — Bruce Springsteen
I've always been a character actor, although I'm not quite sure what that means. All my scripts are absolutely covered in notes, so any time… — Christopher Walken
Phone calls like ours only happen when you've spent several years hurting and being hurt, until every work you utter or hear becomes coded and… — Nick Hornby
Liberal, shmiberal. That should be a new word. Shmiberal: one who is assumed liberal, just because he's a professional whiner in the newspaper. If you'll… — Berkeley Breathed
He'd only been gone two seconds, but the room got brighter when they were together, as if they were two elements that became brilliant in… — Maggie Stiefvater
Anderson sent me to give you this he said. I believe the subtext was kiss and makeup. This time I was sure I made a… — Jenna Black
I moved to leave, and Dylan actually grabbed my shoulders. I was so surprised that i forgot to karate-chop his elbows and break his arms.'… — James Patterson
Dr. Everest, got up and gave us a little pep talk. Mostly it boiled down to the fact that it was autumn, and everyone was… — Maureen Johnson
Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext. — Gary Oldman
I would say what Mad Men has taught me has been a super elevated evaluation of text in general, and understanding subtext, and understanding where… — Ben Feldman

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