Nic Pizzolatto Quotes
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Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.
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The conspiracies that I've researched and encountered, they seem to happen very ad hoc: they become conspiracies when it's necessary to have a conspiracy.
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Art was always for me an escape and a way to relate to the world around me.
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For me as a storyteller, I want to follow the characters and the story through what they organically demand.
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The work is where I tend to feel pressure - not so much in the reaction to it.
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I was raised by television. It was my first cultural window. It was a constant companion.
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It's better to not have a reputation than a bad one.
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Whatever I watched, whatever I loved in 36 years of life on Earth, probably had some influence on me.
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It's your job to come up with compelling characters who speak to an individual authenticity. If I'm not interested in the characters, I can't go on. I have to be fascinated by them.
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I find the constraints of drama actually freeing: It brings everything down to character and action.
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I don't think you can create effectively toward expectation. I'm not in the service business.