Act Quote by Paul Schrader Download Open image “People who act against their own best interests are interesting characters.” — Paul Schrader ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Act Against Best Best interests Character Characters Interesting Interesting characters Interests Own People Who
You know that's why people don't like unlikeable characters. It's not that they're not interesting. Everybody knows the most interesting character in a book… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
It's good to know that other people think differently, and that's what makes the characters interesting. — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
People have obsessions and fears and passions which they don't admit to. I think every character is interesting and has extremes. It's the novelist… — Iris Murdoch Copy Share Image
If you have great characters, then your reader becomes emotionally invested in those people. — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
I always think that the most interesting characters are those that are trying to cover something or those that have some sense of bravado… — Emily Blunt Copy Share Image
To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character. — Michael Emerson Copy Share Image
I'm sure you find it fascinating. It's always interesting for everybody to look at people who've been pushed to the brink. You wonder how… — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
Often times, if a character is pretty straightforward, he or she is not as interesting to portray. — Jonathan Jackson Copy Share Image
Like every actor, I am always on the lookout for interesting characters. — Vikrant Massey Copy Share Image
The characters that aren't what they seem to be or women who are stronger than people give them credit for or characters you underestimate,… — Valorie Curry Copy Share Image
It seems to me that any popular fictional character's appeal is idiosyncratic in nature. Characters with large followings - Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, the… — Jason Lutes Copy Share Image
There are lots of unlikable characters in literature. It doesn't mean they're not fascinating. — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
“Twelve hours of work and I still can't sleep.Days go on and on... They don't end.” — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
The secret of the creative life is to feel at ease with your own embarrassment. — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
All these teachers and [screenwriting] books mean you see movies that have been worked over by more committees wielding more rules, that all originality… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
Because many of the films I've made have had an intellectualedge, it's harder for me to lie. It's harder for me to go to… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
Those artists who say that somehow therapy or analysis will thwart their creativity are completely misinformed. It's absolutely the opposite: it opens closed doors. — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
Contradiction is the heart and soul of character and drama. You're always looking for it. I loved her so much I hit her; that's… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
You can't take contradiction away. Part of the fun of it is that the contradiction never really quite goes away. — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
I still think like a critic, and I still analyze films like a critic. However, it's not possible to write criticism if you're making… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
There's something wrong - the performance, the weather, the set design, the lighting. Something is not working. And so you say, "Give me 10… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
I had this whole issue of doing a crime film in the 2010s. The genre's been mined very, very heavily. Post-Scorsese, post-Tarantino, post-Guy Ritchie,… — Paul Schrader Copy Share Image
I once told someone I could act. They totally bought it. I've been getting away with it ever since. — Akshay Kumar Copy Share Image
“I take my actions because of my passion not because of compulsion.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
People take years learning how to act; it's a skill, not just a job. If I tried it out and thought I'd be OK,… — Travis Fimmel Copy Share Image
Self-discipline is an act of cultivation. It require you to connect today's actions to tomorrow's results. There's a season for sowing a season for… — Gary Ryan Blair Copy Share Image
“Don’t turn your face away. Once you’ve seen, you can no longer act like you don’t know. Open your eyes to the truth. It’s… — Vashti Quiroz-Vega Copy Share Image
I always advise people not to act upon the advice that I give them. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
Regardless of what I do, whether I write a book or whether I act or whether I host, I'll always do stand-up comedy because… — Howie Mandel Copy Share Image
On 'Workaholics,' I feel like I'm just hanging out with my buddies being filmed, but on 'Mindy,' I'm around professional funny people who act.… — Anders Holm Copy Share Image
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