Conflict Quote by William H. Macy

As a screenwriter, you're always being told: a good scene is one where somebody wants something, the other one doesn't want to give it.

— Celine Sciamma

Each character has their own challenges. The challenge to doing one scene is your whole history of who you are and your relationships, you…

— Viola Davis

You have to let go of the things that are darling to you. You have to take the focus off yourself and put it…

— Robert Downey, Jr

Now, if I think a scene should go a certain way and it goes another, I'm able to go that new way with ease.

— Tom Sizemore

Then if the actor comes up with, "It's more logical to do this," I just change it [a scene] on the spot.

— Matthijs van Heijningen, Jr

Every scene is on the table to collaborate on, to pick apart, to try a million different ways. Usually, what ends up occurring in…

— Gaby Hoffmann

Before you tell yourself its a different scene remember its just different from what you've seen.

— Corey Taylor

You would be surprised how many directors don't know what they want. They might not know what they want until they see it, they…

— Ian Mckellen

In a film, you always try to have your main character be changed by the end.

— Frederic Tcheng

I never want to feel like the way that I see it isthe only way. Sometimes mistakes happen and that's better than whatyou thought…

— Steve Buscemi

You create this situation where you are so dependent on each other. That's especially true for film. In theater, the actor has much more…

— Susan Sarandon

As actors we always say that once the person in a scene gets what they want, the scene is over. It's resolved. But life…

— Lauren Graham