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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If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.
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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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I have an obsessive character. I manicure my nails at three in the morning because nobody else can do it the right way. Maybe that's the secret to my success.
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I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.
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... social evils are dangerously contagious. The fixed policy of persecution and injustice against a class of women who are weak and defenseless will be necessarily hurtful to the cause of all women.
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I've always had a duck personality. Calm above water, feet going crazy below.
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Happy he whoe'er, content with the common lot, with safe breeze hugs the shore, and, fearing to trust his skiff to the wider sea, with unambitious oar keeps close to the land.
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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.
