Quotes About Interpretation

You have to sort of see the way that the character behaves, and what the character says and does, and claim it in the same way that you claim anything, really.

Not to make too much of a claim for poetry, but this is a question that goes to the moral heart of the business of any art: 'How do you see the world, and what right do you have to see the world in the way that you do?'

But I think it shortsells any idea when you say there's a similar part to something else, like 'aw man, 'The Avengers' is ripping off 'Batman.' You've got people running around in outfits.' Of course, there are outfitted people and there's superhero stuff, but it's not just ripping off 'Batman.'

I believe that a man called Jesus did walk the earth at one time but I don't think he was the superhero that the Bible makes him out to be.

Unless you are a born connoisseur of art, you will not be able to judge by yourself why certain art is superior to other art.

I looked at Rembrandt and Superman, Matisse and Bugs Bunny, and began to make my own pictures.

People like Superman, The Flash - they just feel limited in who they are and what you can do with them because everyone knows who they are and what they do. Someone like Animal Man feels very open to interpretation.

While acting with Amitabh Bachchan, the legend of Hindi cinema, and superstars like Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Akshay Kumar, I observed how they interpret cinema and make it an experience to cherish for their audiences.

We go in and I do my thing, and then we supplement it with whatever we want.

I always thought of words as art supplies.

I think a book is often an account, or a series of accounts, that create a world that is sort of half of the world. There are references to a world, and then the reader supplies the other fifty percent.

There have been no sects in the Christian world, however absurd, which have not endeavoured to support their opinions by arguments drawn from Scripture.

My feeling is that it's a misreading of history to say that, as the Reagan supporters do, that Reagan won the Cold War.

No Christians I know who are supporting Trump are under the illusion that The Donald is a seasoned student of Scripture.

I thought a director was like a pillow who sat under the writer, supporting them and submitting to their vision. It took me a long time to realise that what a writer really wants is a production that matches the play and the writing. It is the only way the play can achieve its full potential.

I don't believe in terminologies like 'lead role' or 'supporting role' or 'cameo role,' etc.

I think plays deserve other interpretations. They should live on, and other people should should take their hand at them. I'm very supportive of that.

Sometimes you'll have a heckler who's actually attempting to be supportive, but you don't realize it. Their way of expressing it is kind of confusing.

I prefer it when the conductor follows me. It is more difficult to work with a conductor who does not listen - even if I understand that sometimes it makes sense when one person is ruling everything. But for bel canto, I have to have a conductor who listens and supports me.

When I hear myself singing, I hear Iggy Pop and Jimi Hendrix. There's a conversational thing going on. I suppose it depends on which The Pretenders song you're listening to.

I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play.

When we describe what the other person is really like, I suppose we often picture what we want. We look through the prism of our need.

People seem to want to give 'Flowers' a comedy or a comedy-drama label. I suppose it's closer to comedy-drama, but it feels like it requires a whole new definition all of its own.

You do know what's coming up when you're translating. I suppose the concentration, then, is on finding a formulation which is speakable and in character - and economical as well, actually.