Quotes About Depth

I have always had a fascination about what's inside a human being.

There's so many movies, they're just like fast food you consume them and you can't even remember what you just ate. I don't want to make those kinds of movies. I want to make the slow food of movies.

I like books that are fat and full.

Books are a little better movies than just screenplays because there's more fat on the bone. There's more character development. There's more stuff to pick from.

I think there is more to this world than we can possibly fathom. There's got to be.

I like characters who have faults. I'm drawn to darker people.

I'm not sassy all day every day. I have levels and feelings.

I love thinking of cartoon characters feeling really real feelings. And I love to do that, not just as a fan, but as a creator, so if people want to look for those levels, they're actually there.

All too often, female characters, in particular, aren't multi-layered enough.

Often, female characters are quite one dimensional, especially in a two hour film; television gives characters room to breathe and develop.

At first I thought the character Sun-young was a normal character, but later I realized that she is not after all. In some sense, she could be fierce.

I have loved fiercely in my life - a few times.

The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.

You try to get to know your character as best as you can before you start filming - what's written and not written.

The job is trying to create movie shots that have depth, that have the meanings you need them to have, and then good enough so that they will add something to the final picture. They will make the picture; they'll get into the picture, and give them what they need. It's an interesting job.

I don't think you can hate anything that you know intimately. There is no fine line separating love from hate because there's a deep chasm separating love from hate.

I firmly believe brand stories are complex and multilayer.

What is more important is finding the soul of the character, and making sure it fits well into this story. And that it be dramatic and interesting and captivating, because these people weren't entertainers, you know.

I have my misgivings about 3-D. I don't like the lack of blacks and whites, how it dulls the image, how the color gets corrupted. I don't necessarily like the experience of having heavy glasses in front of me.

There's something safe about playing a character, but then it's like, 'Who am I underneath it all?'

To catch a piece of life on camera and make it come alive, add layers to it and deliver a product that is wholesome is really exciting to me.

For me, there is a stigma attached to playing beautiful parts. They are often empty characters whom the action happens around. I'm more drawn to characters with a complex internal life, who have a burning frustration underneath that keeps them going.

There are those whose sole claim to profundity is the discovery of exceptions to the rules.

Friendship is something whose depth fits human aspirations and fulfills human possibilities. It has heft to it, as a gold-piece does and a gambling chip does not.