Quotes About Realism

If an eighty-six-year-old woman has been clear-seeing from a young age, she will have gone through a lot of life developing a keen eye for snares and pitfalls, an ear for deceit, and a good nose for knavery. And by such an age, a smart woman with no illusions is one to whom courage comes far more readily than it does to those young people who don't yet know the world for what it is.

Sometimes a girl who doesn't like guns is nevertheless obliged to carry one if she's got any common sense at all.

Carson heard that expression more often these days—It is what it is—and it nettled him every time someone spoke it. He wanted to say to Eckman, You are what you are, and now I know what that is.

The mean things of this world had only one lesson-we are meaner than you'd ever imagine.

The roles that I always get attracted to are roles where the material is based on an actual person.

I like films that are about people and real, and honest films that are authentic depictions of real-world problems.

Making an authentic film about anything is difficult.

When you are working on a real story it is your responsibility to get everything right and stay as true and authentic as possible.

I work really hard on every character and do everything in order to make it look authentic.

Well, I want to do everything in sort of a documentary style, ever since I started in the '80s.

When you make a documentary, you have to adapt to what reality imposes upon you.

In film, I believe things should either be documentary or drama.

The part of television I like are things that have a documentary feel to them.

It is very difficult to make something like slice-of-life interesting. I don't think many people have done the slice-of-life dramas as good as TVF has done it.

I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.

I might dream, but I am no dreamer.

The easiest way to make television authentic is to make it really authentic.

You want positive, go elsewhere. Go find a different lie.

Acting is never done. We're trying to keep it real and make sure that you're entertained and it seems unrehearsed.

You're not always going to have a perfect day. You're not always going to have the day that you envision.

I prefer the European films that are like, 'No, it's over! They both die. The End.'

No one can be their best every night.

AS AN ADULT, I've found life to be pretty predictable for the most part. Work hard. Set goals. Don't expect anything to be handed to you. Remember that perfection doesn't exist.

Looking for a gem, we are sometimes dumb enough to try to hold on to a lump of coal, convinced that it will turn into a diamond in our lifetime... but all it does it get sh*t all over you until you burn it and use the energy for something else.