Quotes About Depth

We don't want to make little pop culture ephemera or confections, that sort of thing, and so 'ParaNorman' like 'Coraline' has something meaningful to say.

Most of all I want to make pop music that has something real behind it.

I like the pop music, but I still want to have meaning in my music.

I'm obviously a poptimist. I especially like pop music that isn't formulaic and has depth to it.

I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre.

But, in fairness to them, too, the popular song per se is really a pretty shallow medium to perform in.

The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

I think there will be times where I need to be more serious, and I'll show that. I'll show an intensity that I think a lot of people can't really show or portray.

I don't think I can play a role without falling in love with something about her; even the most despicable people who I have portrayed had some aspect of them which I found beautiful.

Young people deserve to be portrayed with depth.

I never want to make any characters one-dimensional, especially as women can often be portrayed as the dark one or the evil one.

Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.

I wouldn't say portraying a character in a film like 'Wanted' was easy. But it was fairly easier than playing a role where one is expected to emote more depth on screen.

Once again, I think there is little art being done that really owns up to such intense possibilities.

Any show I'm working on, I want the stories to always be about something, and to have the potential to be emotional. That's the kind of story that I like.

Sex is a doorway to something so powerful and mystical, but movies usually depict it in a completely flat way.

I have always tried to put content in my work. It is a consistent challenge.

The appearance doesn't matter as much as the content.

You can't have bad things happening to characters simply for shock value; you need to provide context.

I always look for contradiction in a character.

I think most people's conversations are as light as they are dark. That's how life is.

The world needs actual excitement and emotion more than it needs cool people.

I have to feel what I'm writing, right down to the core.

If football covers all your emotions, that's too shallow for me.