Quotes About Narrative

History is a certain way, but you just change the point of view a little bit, and you discover a whole new side of it.

My job as an actor is to just tell the story as best I can from my character's point of view and let the audience decide.

Whatever the case, oftentimes, for a story to feel complete to me, I need more than one point of view.

A lot of the time, because we don't have many Latinx scenarios on the landscape, not just in television or film and other media, we haven't gotten the chance to tell our story from our point of view.

As an actor, you can have your opinions, but our responsibility is telling the point of view of this one character.

Cinema is not truth. Even when you make documentary films, you can choose to show this shot and not the other shot - this side and not the other side. In cinema, there's one truth - not 'the truth.' It's only 'my point of view.' Cinema is powerful because of that.

What we get in the States is a pro-Palestinian point of view.

In 'Total Divas,' our men are our garnish. In 'Total Bellas,' you finally get them in the interview chair, and you get to hear their perspective on the events going on. Fans will get to hear their point of view.

For me, the music is always speaking from the point of view of the characters. Rarely do you score an event.

History is a point of view always.

I use colors to bring fine points of story and character.

I want to look at this character from all points of view. I know I don't want to make them all good or all bad or all anything... the story itself often helps create the character.

'21 Grams' is only one story told by three different points of view, but they are really physically connected - literally, with the heart.

So I wanted to explore all points of view of that, not just the girl's but his point of view as well. Only by directing it could I explore all the points of view.

A lot of my favourite books - I should say, not much happens in the books! It's much more about the points of view of the author more than anything else.

I always think that's neat, when you can hear a story told from different points of view, different perspectives.

'Jekyll and Hyde' I read in high school. I was expecting a Hollywood-type horror story and couldn't believe it when I got this very complex narrative from all these different points of view.

You could make a film out of just about anything so long as there is a clear vision about the story.

This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.

It's difficult to write about poverty in a way that doesn't feel cliched.

Endings don't have anything to do with what your movie is about. Now, there is an emotional climax, there's an emotional resolution that is 100 percent important. If I get that wrong, get your money back.

I believe clothing tell a story.

I have a manuscript that I'm almost done with, but I've been saying that forever. I'm on what I think will be the second-to-last chapter. It's a story about chance and coincidence.

There are no coincidences in 'Westworld.'