"I never approach a character from a negative place."

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Source : "The Natural" by John Lahr, www.newyorker.com. November 7, 2011.

Nina Arianda

#Character Quotes #Negative Quotes #Approach Quotes

“If you dream you do something, it's as if you actually are doing it from your brain's point of view.”

Source : "Live Chat with Filmmaker and Dream Experts". Live Chat, www.pbs.org.
“Even when I was a grown woman, he [Father] would leave me on the edge of hysteria in all our arguments: though I married and lived as far as I could spiritually from Bridgeport, he reduced me in a matter of hours to a wriggling child, pleading to go free.”
“My despair is less despair than boredom and loneliness.”

Source : Anthony Swofford (2008). “Jarhead: A Solder's Story of Modern War”, p.75, Simon and Schuster
“In this age of 24-7 headlines, the term 'newsweekly' seems almost quaint.”
“Everyone is a bore to someone. That is unimportant. The thing to avoid is being a bore to oneself.”
“I'm not a Republican, but I have some conservative views on certain things. I'm not a Democrat, either. It's just very difficult that these people hate each other over a belief. I think it all comes down to ego and competitiveness.”
“Experimental artists build their skills gradually over the course of their careers, improving their work slowly over long periods. These artists are perfectionists and are typically plagued by frustration at their inability to achieve their goals.”

Source : David W. Galenson (2011). “Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity”, p.4, Princeton University Press
“The human mind is scattered. We have become negligent about our distractions, inertia, confusion, doubt, fear, and anger.”

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