Quotes About Realism

I am a great realist in all aspects of life. Whatever I can do ... here it is.

I look on Sculpture as history. I do not think the Apollo and the Jove impossible in flesh and blood. Every trait the artist recorded in stone, he had seen in life, and better than his copy.

And there's also not enough films that are more of a imitation of what real life looks like.

I create for artistic intent only and do everything from life.

Now ... that you are going to marry, do not expect more from life, than life will afford.

Ive never really played everyday people. Ive played realist roles, but not mere daily life. There was always something incredible happening to my characters

I don't like novels that tie everything up in a plot-y way. I always think that's not really true of life, particularly of people in power.

So often, I read scripts and am like, 'This would never happen in real life. It's not trying to be funny. It's trying to be serious.

Realism, in so far as the word means reality to life, is always bad art.

Would it not be better to have it understood that realism, in so far as the word means reality to life, is always bad art -- although it may possibly be very good journalism?

If you're trying to be realistic and bring real life to the screen, you are going to have different elements. That's what I'm trying to do. As I make the movie, different elements come in naturally.

Why would I want to read something about somebody that's just a really nice, decent person who overcomes terrible trials? That's not how life is to me.

I have a rule: I will not alter the basic history of a real-life character to suit our fictional needs in a big way.

My writing is authentic, and whatever happens in my life is what I write about.

I'm drawn to villains that are three-dimensional and raw and that I can kind of see in my own life.

Among its many other obligations, fiction always has to be believable. Life does not have to suffer such constraint, and much of what takes place is believable only because it happens.

Sometimes you have to think about what you're going to say, in real life, so when you see that thought process going on in a movie, it feels real and looks real.

A 7-11 parking lot beat down is how life is.

I'm always cribbing from real life. I'm not a very creative filmmaker.

If you will just start with the idea that this is a hard world, it will all be much simpler.

Balance in life is the key, as Aristotle taught us. Nobody likes a naive Pollyanna, but neither do we like to be around people who are constantly complaining and finding fault.

Dutch painting: daily life is enough.

When you make movies based on real life, you try to exaggerate it.

Don't waste time complaining about things that can't be changed.