Quotes About Depth

Part of an actor's job is to draw up a back story.

I'm drawn to the not-so-perfect character.

I'm drawn to dark characters, and to things that are really weighty.

That's what attracts me to the kind of characters I try and write - that they're not cut and dried.

Sometimes I feel like my normal approach to roles has been, 'I want to be more complex, dynamic.'

People don't read me and say, 'Oh, it's so clean and elegant.'

I look good, but I probably have the insides of Elvis.

Skimming is fine for our emails, but it's not fine for some of the important forms of reading.

I think the challenge for me in this role is going to be, is there any heart in Negan? For me, I look at that as a challenge as an actor, and that's the kind of thing that I embrace and really look forward to.

I have lived too completely, I think. I have known every human emotion.

Real human emotion is always interesting.

The problem for me, with most movies for children, is that the filmmakers make the mistake of making it too simplistic. Where a child's world can be very complex, emotionally.

I try to keep very simple ideas and keep them as emotionally powerful as possible.

Art is difficult. It's not entertainment.

If we don't see real changes in the world, it simply means we are not serious enough about creating those changes. We cannot a!ord to entertain superficial changes any more. The changes we need should be deep, real, and thorough.

Emotions are like waves rising on the ocean of the ind. Waves are part of the ocean, but not the ocean itself. Even an ocean whose surface is wracked by fierce wind and rain contains great calm in its depth. In the same way, a deep,bright seat of the mind lies beyond our stormy emotions.

I'm your soul.

detrás de otras, retrocediendo hasta el fondo de la habitación. —El rey quiere reservarse las joyas y el dinero que le queda —explicó el consejero, sorbiendo la nariz—.

The epithet "monolithic" is often used as a term of praise in this country; but a monolith is a mass of stone. Human beings are far more complex.

Love is always a big deal.

A gentleman who doesn't have the physical and/or emotional sensitivity to use condoms couldn't possibly possess the self-confidence required to fully procure the infinite sounding of pleasure from the depth of a woman's being, via the endlessness of her cunt.

People look at the outside of a person and assume they know everything there is to know about the inside of that person. The trouble is a few coats of paint and some new shutters can do a lot for the exterior of a house, but tell you nothing about its foundation or its ability to weather life's storms. I would say the same is true of people.

People are almost never what you think. Don't even try to figure them out. Something Andy once read in a magazine. Turns out it's true.

I keep telling you, you don't pay enough attention to the minor characters. A novel should be like a street full of strangers, where no more than two or three people are known to us in depth.