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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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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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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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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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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My trainer was a great guy … who made me want to die for an hour. My character was spending most of his life in a state of hunger, and I wanted to get a sense of that, physically and mentally.
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There is a little bit of me infused in every character I play.
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We all lose our looks eventually. Better develop your character and interest in life.
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People will speak slowly to me sometimes. And they always ask me if I'm all right, because I'm much more low-key and reserved than my character in 'Friends'.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
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It's hard to be scared if you don't feel for a character, because you don't care if they die or live.
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A lot of people talk about J. Lo, Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj, but, like, dude butts are still here.
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I think that we are all deeply, deeply committed to the liberation of black people. And so, when you put people together who have and share that commitment, the sky is the limit.
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Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best.
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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.
