"When talented people write badly, it's generally for……" — Robert McKee
"When talented people write badly, it's generally for one of two reasons: Either they're blinded by an idea they feel compelled to prove of they're driven by an emotion they must express. When talented people write well, it is generally for this reason: They're moved by a desire to touch the audience."
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Robert McKee
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54 Quotes by Robert McKee
Robert McKee has 54 quotes on this site.
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Boredom is the inner conflict we suffer when we lose desire, when we lack a lacking.
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In comedy laughter settles all arguments.
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To get the truth, you want to get your own heart to pound while you write.
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Deus ex machina not only erases all meaning and emotion, it's an insult to the audience. Each of us knows…
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If you can't play all the instruments in the orchestra of story, no matter what music may be in your…
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Write every day, line by line, page by page, hour by hour. Do this despite fear. For above all else,…
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A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the…
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In a world of lies and liars, an honest work of art is always an act of social responsibility.
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In life two negatives don't make a positive. Double negatives turn positive only in math and formal logic. In life…
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Do research. Feed your talent. Research not only wins the war on cliche, it's the key to victory over fear…
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Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency…
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When we want mood experiences, we go to concerts or museums. When we want meaningful emotional experience, we go to…
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I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences.
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I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.
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I began to work the stage and get the audience into it. I also learned how to have fun out…
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Confronting a stadium audience, you can't see the whites of their eyes. It's just an amorphous mass of noise and,…
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You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering…
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If you really want to help the American theater, don't be an actress, dahling. Be an audience.
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I don't feel like I need to preach to the world or nothing like that. I just feel like I…
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I have the ability to sing with emotion and feeling, but if you say I sound like Billie Holiday, that's…
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You're creating a different world and the actor's job is to be able to convince the audience to enter into…
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I am a real ham. I love an audience. I work better with an audience. I am dead, in fact,…
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I always feel that art in general and acting in particular should make the audience a little uncomfortable, to slap…
— Antonio Banderas
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I'm trying to build a strong business. I want to create new stars, new shows and new products for my…
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