Quotes About Depth

No one knows the three-dimensional story of who I am. Or anyone is.

In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.

In 'Boyz N the Hood,' every female character was three-dimensional.

I like three-dimensional characters - it's just more interesting when you get on set.

I continue to be known as a guy that plays really complex, three-dimensional characters.

Before I accept a job, I always talk to folks about it. 'Why does he kill these 22 people?' If they say, 'What difference does it make?' I know we have nothing more to talk about. A character has to be three-dimensional.

There is nothing like being able to develop a three-dimensional character over a long period of time. Sometimes you aren't able to fully portray a character because you only have a couple of scenes to do it in, and you don't get the full life and background of that character.

Whether it's a very dramatic part or a comical role, I feel I need to create the same thing: a full-fledged, three-dimensional character that the audience can identify with.

On a deeper level, I think many stories - especially thrillers - can be a journey to the heart of darkness.

I don't like the idea of playing a one-dimensional character who is just fearless, strong, and killer and has instincts and just thrives in dangerous circumstances - that's really boring to me, and I don't think it represents what most women feel inside.

There are films you see that only reach your eyes. Then there are films that you can watch... that reach down to your throat, or reach your heart. 'In the Mood for Love,' though, reached all the way to my belly.

We have created characters and animated them in the dimension of depth, revealing through them to our perturbed world that the things we have in common far outnumber and outweigh those that divide us.

I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.

Short fiction is like low relief. And if your story has no humor in it, then you're trying to look at something in the pitch dark. With the light of humor, it throws what you're writing into relief so that you can actually see it.

And a lesson in this movie is dig beneath the surface. And so with my words, with my character, I purposely created a character that was away from how you've known me thus far in my career.

You can hear songs that are technically great, songs that tick all the boxes. But for a song to be felt, you need something else.

Coming tight was boring to me, just the face... it didn't have enough information.

The mind for truth Begins, like a stream, shallow At first, but then Adds more and more depth While gaining greater clarity.

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.

It seems that these old cards were conceived deep in the guts of human experience, at the most profound level of the human psyche. It is to this level in ourselves that they will speak.

We are hungry for the sustenance of sturdy, deep friendships, but we are fed an idea of friendship that is neither nourishing nor satisfying. Friendship can and must be so much more.

There are some wives who require but a sentence. There are some who require a book. You, Miss Clarke, would require volumes.

Then there is the ocean, mean and beautiful.

Don't forget that the ocean is full of everything except mercy.