Quotes About Depth

DeLillo never seems committed to me to what he is writing. Very nice surfaces, but he's got nothing underneath.

We all have an edge. We all are floating our psyche on top with a great ocean underneath.

I like the songs to appear very simple and to flow by without any kind of hiccup, but there has to be this impression of other currents underneath. Like if the songs aren't, on some level, multidimensional, we lose interest in them.

Whether you're writing a horror show or a James Bond film, I think what bubbles beneath is interesting characterization. The colors that emerge through storytelling is what a dramatist does. There's always got to be something bubbling underneath that will erupt at some point.

As a general thing, I've always been drawn to characters who appear to be one thing on the surface, but are actually something else underneath.

That's the novelist's job: to peel back the layers and look underneath.

Sometimes you have to shove all the surface stuff to the side in order to see what's underneath.

Every great narrative is at least two narratives, if not more - the thing that is on the surface and then the things underneath which are invisible.

We can never see who someone really is underneath the skin.

I'm a passionate person; there's a lot going on underneath my carousel of blazers: a cauldron of sensitivity and emotion.

Humor without sadness underneath it feels cheap and aggressive.

I'm always just drawn to those roles that present one way and have many other things going on underneath. It's just more fun to play as an actor.

I think the best dramas are as funny as possible and the best comedies have, underneath them, real substance.

You have to get under the hood and spend some quality time with someone to understand what they're really good at.

It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.

The thing about Buffy and Spike is they understand each other on a level that nobody else understands her.

I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.

Oftentimes what happens is that the writer understands one character, but they don't understand the other one, and the other one ends up not being written as well.

I am an artist, and I have a lot more to offer than just being a one-dimensional character, and I think our audience sees that and understands that - they're behind it.

I cannot be understood in three minutes.

Chekhov understood that people are mysterious and can't be reduced to what we nowadays call 'motivation.'

A character like Baahubali required a preparation that I had to undergo mentally and physically - from undertaking a strict routine and a lifestyle, which helped me become the character physically, to knowing the character's depth and a lot more.

If you want to continue to be good and perform at a high level and be deep in all areas, you still have to hit on some undervalued players, too. You can't just go out and sign marquee free agents or trade for players when they're at the peak of their value. That's not a formula for long-term success.

I love being underwater.