Quotes About Realism

The reason I became an actress is because I wanted my acting to reflect life as it is. I want to put truth on the screen. I want real women to see real women on the screen.

I just try to reflect the grittiness in New York. I try to protect the grit and the dirt that comes with it, which is a good thing.

When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that, not gloss over them.

I want 'Flash' to reflect the world we live in.

I do not think that when I write a female character, I intend to reflect my thoughts on gender equality, but I always make sure that my female character is not decorative, they are human, they are good, bad, complex and close to reality.

But, Superstore has always done an amazing job of reflecting real life situations and challenges.

I refuse to use terms like 'optimist' or 'pessimist' and instead prefer 'realist.'

I think, going forward, we need to be much more modest on expectations with regard to China growth: That's just being realistic.

I am a person of great faith and idealism and have been in too many situations too many times to become an eternal pessimist regarding politics.

I've done a lot of fight scenes, and I always find that it's better that they be meticulously choreographed. You want them to look as real as possible, but you don't want anyone to get hurt. So I believe in really working it out in rehearsal, and when you get to the set, just go for it 100 percent.

Readers prefer a world they can relate to.

I have a lot of real life experience that I can draw on. And I think that shows in the characters that I play because I'm always trying to find somebody - or find characters to play that I can identify with on a personal level or relate to. And I think it makes for a little bit more of an honest portrayal.

When I'm creating characters, I just want to create characters that I can relate to, and be as honest about them as people as I can be. That's what I want to see when I go to the movies.

In 'Fugly,' I play a very middle-class guy with whom anyone can relate. At the same time, playing such characters is not as easy as it sounds.

I would not want to be a part sass-bahu sagas. These are not realistic, and it gets tough for me to relate to my role.

I try and create for the audience something that relates to real-life experience.

I don't believe in ideology in international relations.

In international relations, you don't base your work on hope.

It's probably foolish to expect relationships to go on forever and to say that because something only lasts 10 years, it's a failure.

I sometimes wonder why I do so much research - I look at other successful writers, and I think it must just be so relaxing to write about flying horses or something, but I have to make it plausible.

I'm going to stick to what I can do... because if I try and,,, do the impossible, I will either get too frustrated to the point where I won't enjoy the sport anymore, or I will get hurt and maybe have to get hip replacements at age 30.

I really do think that putting expectations on a holiday is setting yourself up for failure.

'Homeland' is not a sensationalist show.

I don't know that I'm going to entirely do cloth diapers. I'd like to be ambitious about it, but in all honesty, I can't say that I will.