"I think when you have some success as a kid, your notion of being a good actor is pleasing the director, doing exactly what they tell you to do."

-- Gillian Jacobs

#Kids Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Directors Quotes

“People create the illusion of acting natural, which is what I think most documentarians do in part because of the direct cinema orthodoxies that came into play really in the '60s. That moment of performance is a tremendous opportunity to make visible something hitherto invisible, which is how people want to be seen. How do they see themselves? What are the scripts, fantasies, genres by which they imagine themselves? How is storytelling part of what we are as human beings? We wouldn't kill each other en masse if it weren't for storytelling. We wouldn't be able to live with ourselves.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com
“Our land is more valuable than your money. It will last forever. It will not even perish by the flames of fire. As long as the sun shines and the waters flow, this land will be here to give life to men and animals. We cannot sell the lives of men and animals. It was put here by the Great Spirit and we cannot sell it because it does not belong to us”
“One of the annoying things when you're in a movie is that gets talked about is everyone projects meaning onto everyone's intentions.”

Source : "Heather Langenkamp: It’s frustrating not to have experienced ‘Elm Street’". PopWrap Interview, pagesix.com. May 23, 2011.
“I think I made you up inside my head.”
“Inside each of us resides the truth, I began, the absolute truth. But sometimes the truth is hidden in a hall of mirrors. Sometimes we believe we are viewing the real thing, when in fact we are viewing a facsimile, a distortion.”

Source : Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper
“We're deciding the fate of the multiverse with a flip of a coin. Heads or tails, doc. If that isn't a game, I don't know what is.”

Source : E. C. Myers (2016). “Quantum Coin”, p.74, Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
“It was about forgiving. I understood that forgiveness itself was strong, durableâ€”like strands of a web weaving around us, holding us.”
“Your calling isnâ€™t something that somebody can tell you about. Itâ€™s what you feel. It is the thing that gives you juice. The thing that you are supposed to do. And nobody can tell you what that is. You know it inside yourself.”

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