Quotes About Immersion

I learned English in a pub. I didn't learn it in school.

When I was 11, I went to Puerto Rico for a month to stay with my grandmother. To see the way people lived there and experience my own culture was wonderful.

If I get into something, I get into it for the pure joy of it.

I like to go to Africa purely with something to do. I'm not very comfortable getting into an armor-plated Land Rover and going to see things, with my hand gel, you know, it's not me at all. So I like to hang out and you know, really get to know people and try and do something that resonates with them.

With Rock Band, you can play along to Black Sabbath or Nirvana and possibly find new ways of appreciating their artistry by being allowed to perform parallel to it. Rock Band puts you inside the guts of a song.

People ask me, 'Is 3D a good medium for horror movies?' I think it's the perfect thing for horror movies because it really puts you into it.

You don't work as hard to watch a movie. You work harder to watch a play, so what the audience puts into it is interesting.

I don't love cinematography that's very flashy because I find that it keeps the audience from becoming a part of the film; it becomes sort of self-reflective.

Listening to something without being present is different from being there in the flesh.

A lot of times, when someone's going to pick up a game, it can be a bit daunting, like if they haven't played a roleplaying game, or they haven't played things in the series. We spent a lot of time on flow. How it feels to move through the world. How the game rewards you depending on which way you turn.

There is a part of your brain that has to stop when you're acting. You have to be in the moment and dare to fly. Words can't be on your mind.

When exercising, be sure to focus your attention on what you are doing.

I love going to cities and getting lost. I love doing that rather than following a guidebook.

I've heard of actors like De Niro and Streep who stay in character all day long. And Daniel Day-Lewis did it for 'My Left Foot.' I don't do that myself.

When it's football season, I'm all football.

In general, I almost always watch foreign films.

It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.

When I go to a foreign country I want to explore and get lost, discover the real place.

Once the makeup is on, it is easy to enter the character's frame of mind.

I really want to learn French so I think it would be great to go and live in France and maybe learn the language for a few months.

When I'm working I don't have room to think about myself and my own issues. It's really freeing. There is no room for me, which is really nice.

I like to listen to French radio; I'm trying to learn French.

If you aren't focused on what's right here in front of you, if you're daydreaming about what might be, you really aren't focused at all.

As long as you're fully present in what you're doing at the moment, you're doing it.