"My approach with actors is to try and give them whatever it is they need from me. Direction to me is about listening and responding and realizing how much they need to know from me and how much they have figured out for themselves, really."

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Source : "Complete Batman Begins L.A. Junket Roundtable Interview: Christopher Nolan & Emma Thomas". www.grouchoreviews.com.

Christopher Nolan

#Giving Quotes #Listening Quotes #Trying Quotes

“The advice I would give would be to know that it's ok and natural to be nervous. The key is to rehearse, always be yourself and don't be afraid to not be perfect as we all make mistakes.”
“Gretta sits herself down at the table. Robert has arranged everything she needs: a plate, a knife, a bowl with a spoon, a pat of butter, a jar of jam. It is in such small acts of kindness that people know they are loved.”
“Toad, with no one to check his statements or to criticize in an unfriendly spirit, rather let himself go. Indeed, much that he related belonged more properly to the category of what-might-have-happened-had-I-only-thought-of-it-in-time-instead-of-ten-minutes-afterwards. Those are always the best and raciest adventures; and why should they not be truly ours, as much as the somewhat inadequate things that really come off?”
“Once you hear the details of victory, it is hard to distinguish it from a defeat.”
“We need myths that will identify the individual not with his local group but with the planet.”
“So there was something of a learning curve with doing your own thing and people seeing you outside of the band. I mean, people have never really heard my voice before - or heard a whole record of mine before. So it was a completely new experience.”
“You are an adult when, faced with important decisions, you choose to have more faith in yourself than anything else.”
“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.”

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