Quotes About Interpretation

I'm so voracious with books, movies, TV, and I'm always interested in the way that different cultural values are presented or, in their absence, are present.

Suffrage, noun. Expression of opinion by means of a ballot. The right of suffrage (which is held to be both a privilege and a duty) means, as commonly interpreted, the right to vote for the man of another man's choice, and is highly prized.

I'm not seeking for answers; I just want to tell stories and state my opinion.

A man sees what he wants to see, And disregards the rest.

Sometimes you see things in a script, and it doesn't necessarily mean the director sees the same things. And if you think you're going to be making a different film, then that's not gonna work.

I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like.

You know, you do have a self-awareness as an actor.

I think Jughead's a selfish character. I think he really is.

There's never been a song that I just wrote and tried to send to an artist.

Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning.

I think drama and comedy are pretty much all the same, and the issue is whether or not you have a sense of humor.

Through writing, one experiences something different to what one experiences with the five senses one has because language is a different metier.

You start creating art through the people that are looking at you, trying to route it through their sensibilities or their eyes, and then it's not you anymore.

Most actors don't really have a director's sensibility. They have an actor's sensibility.

Marlon was so sensitive, you thought the poor guy just had a bad education.

To me, the word 'decadent' is so difficult to use; it's a very sensitive word, in a way.

It's interesting how people are sensitive to language and how it works.

I am very sensitive about characters being annoying in movies.

When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read it, or you can't.

I find that when I'm in an argument and I'm angry, I can't even form a sentence well. You say something and then later you're like 'That's not even what I meant at all!'

I don't want someone taking half a sentence or paraphrasing me... Just too much risk.

Writing is looking for music between sentences.

When you write, you are not either sex. But when you're read you are definitely gendered.

I try to not assume things are sexism. I'm trying to be good natured about why things are happening.