Audience Quote by Spike Lee

Because I'm a dramatist, I'm allowed to take liberties, but I want my films to be based in truth, and it's very important to…

— Sean Baker

You can't dictate if a character's going to come off as sympathetic to an audience. I just tried to play it as honest as…

— Donnie Wahlberg

If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is…

— Tana French

There are dialogue writers for a movie, there is a script to be followed... whatever my character says is not a reflection on my…

— Urvashi Rautela

One can never anticipate how audiences will respond. One of the lessons that I've learned over the years is to that no matter what…

— Delroy Lindo

As filmmakers and as actors, you have to find truth.

— Rick Famuyiwa

The truth can be hard to take, but we have an obligation to look and see what's going on, and, if we don't like…

— Bill Maher

I think it's fair to ask how truthful a film is as opposed to how factual it is.

— Bennett Miller

I have cultivated a little crew of people whose opinions I understand. It's like the way you'd follow certain film critics because you know…

— Daniel Clowes

What I know is that I am honest about my films, and my films are honest about reality. The stories themselves dictate the way…

— Andrey Zvyagintsev

In the hands of good writers, you have the opportunity to present both sides of an opinion equally and that you leave it to…

— Mandy Patinkin

I let the actors work out their ideas before shooting, then tell them what attitudes I want. If a scene isn't honest, it stands…

— David Lynch