Simon Kinberg (Simon David Kinberg) Quotes
The most important thing for me in an action sequence is, you understand the characters' intention and the challenges the characters are going to have to face: what the character story is within the action sequence.
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Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
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When I watch cop shows, I really enjoy them because you can really follow the story and get involved, and the characters are always really interesting.
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But in action, one defies one's character.
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Never jeopardize who you are for a role. Now, I'm not saying you should never change for a role, because the fun of being different characters is adapting different nuances and different parts of the character, but never jeopardize your moral compass or anything like that to have a role.
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2016 is going to be a fight. A fight between conservatism and a Democrat Party that is undermining the very character of our nation.
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I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.
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I try to tell a story musically in a song.
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Religious beliefs have played a vital role in forming America's character as well as my own. I was raised as a Lutheran, and I believe in God and consider my faith and involvement with organized religion to be an important part of who I am.
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Most of the names in my books have secondary meaning. Sometimes they foreshadow; sometimes they tell you about the character's origin or back story.
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Everybody has a Bill Murray story. He just punishes people for reasons they can't figure out.
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I'm a novelist, editor, short story writer. I also teach, and I freelance sometimes as an arts consultant. Most of my books have been published by Warner Books, now known as Grand Central Books.
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I think if you're artistic in any way, you're probably born with it. I guess it's a talent that can be learned here and there, but I think the instinct to tell a story or to create something happens maybe in the womb.
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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.
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The reality is that no one can be forced to join a union against their will, and a union cannot take action against those who decide not to join their union.
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'People will challenge you, question you, try to get you off track. Don't listen to the temptation to act out of character.'
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'Don't let yourself become cynical. Cynicism is a cheap emotion, a craven substitute for thought and action. Cynicism corrodes the will, dulls the conscience, blunts your sense of right and wrong... Stay alert to fine distinctions: become a pessimist like me.'
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To those who oppose war, I ask: If not now, when? How many more corpses are necessary before this country should take action?
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In this consists the difference between the character of a miser and that of a person of exact economy and assiduity. The one is anxious about small matters for their own sake; the other attends to them only in consequence of the scheme of life which he has laid down to himself.
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I have women coming up to me and saying: 'I love your character! She's so empowered. She takes control; she gets what she wants.' That's another side of her. And I respect that in Joan. She says and does things that I would never allow myself to do.
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It's very sweet to have people say nice things about you, and I always accept that.
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The roles that I always get attracted to are roles where the material is based on an actual person.
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I've always believed in myself, and it's such a long competition over two days, you can't worry about what anyone else is doing.
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The most important thing for me in an action sequence is, you understand the characters' intention and the challenges the characters are going to have to face: what the character story is within the action sequence.
