Act Quote by Gary Ross

Reading can almost be viewed as empathy training. Movies have better action scenes, sure. But books are uniquely suited to showing you the inside…

— Patrick Rothfuss

There are a lot of good books around. People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that…

— Lemmy Kilmister

“Reading a book is like living a deep and fulfilling life. Watching a movie is like being a paralyzed person: watching others live their…

— Charbel Tadros

“People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you…

— Lemmy Kilmister

Reading a novel is just a much more involving and intimate experience than the act of watching a film. I mean, you literally get…

— Jay McInerney

Reading something for the first time and getting this feeling like the material provokes you on some level, and doing the movie is really…

— Kristen Stewart

I think the act of reading imbues the reader with a sensitivity toward the outside world that people who don't read can sometimes lack.…

— John Connolly

You do a film and you have hopes for it, and you read it, and you see it one way in your head, and…

— Alan Tudyk

I try to read as much as I can - all the time, really. And I absolutely love going to the cinema, especially during…

— Alison Goldfrapp

I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and…

— David Nicholls

One performs a very different act when reading a movie and when reading a novel. Your attention behaves differently.

— Manuel Puig

Reading is a heady thing. You can be into the action of someone's thoughts and take a whole trip down someone's ruminations while seconds…

— Alan Tudyk