Richard LaGravenese Quotes

. . . I felt that making her one-dimensional would be an insult to the audience, and also not as interesting. All destructive people have an inner side to them, and the more three-dimentional your characters are on screen the more compassion you can open up in an audience . . .. To me, that involves the audience more, it stimulates them and asks more of them.

Richard LaGravenese

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There's an interesting contrast between born Catholics and converts. Converts are often much more rule-directed. Catholicism isn't something that they breathed in from their childhood, so they think that if you don't toe the line on abstract doctrine you can't be part of the Church.

Garry Wills
- Think
- Interesting
- Church
It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.

Yael Stone
For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.

J. Michael Straczynski
- People
- Believe
- America
Our dream as actors is to tell interesting stories about interesting people.

Eddie Redmayne
- People
- Dream
- Interesting
My childhood and adolescence were filled with visiting scientists from both India and abroad, many of whom would stay with us. A life of science struck me as being both interesting and particularly international in its character.

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
- Life
- Character
- Science
We all know the types who listen to Pete Seeger songs; even Pete admits they aren't interesting.

P. J. O'Rourke
- Interesting
- Know
- Listen