"To recognize yourself in a character onscreen, and to connect with them, you gotta recognize their flaws; they gotta feel like a real person."

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Source : "Sundance 2013: Director Ryan Coogler Talks FRUITVALE, His Connection to the Story, Why It’s Important, Participating in the Sundance Lab & More". Interview With Samantha Cheirif, collider.com. January 24, 2013.

Ryan Coogler

#Real Quotes #Character Quotes #Flaws Quotes

“The way I see it, it's a great thing to be the man who hit the most home runs, but it's a greater thing to be the man who did the most with the home runs he hit. So as long as there's a chance that maybe I can hammer out a little justice now and then, or a little opportunity here and there, I intend to do as I always have -- keep swinging.”

Source : Hank Aaron (2009). “I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aaron Story”, p.19, Harper Collins
“Don't take too much comfort in the fact that you're successful today because tomorrow could bring failure. There's no surety in life.”
“When I work alone, my process is like painting. With Fleetwood Mac, it's more like movie making.”
“For the first actual comedy-comedy I did, I took a comedy class in New York, which was full of slightly unhinged people. It was a pretty depressing crowd, very angry and strange people. But then I took a class at the Upright Citizens Brigade and I loved those people.”
“The guitar, by its very nature, the nature of its sound, by the soft nuance of its powerful and ancient voice, by the magic of the tone, goes directly to the part of oneself where love is felt. When I hear the sound of the guitar, it goes to some part inside of me that opens the door that holds feelings of love and everything that is beautiful which lives inside of me.”
“As an independent, my views, in fact, are a little bit different than many of my Democratic colleagues.”
“Nothing is as seductive as the assurance of success.”

Source : Gertrude Himmelfarb (1995). “On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society”, Vintage
“My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know,”

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