Quentin Tarantino Quotes
If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.
Quotes to Explore
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There is no need to change my image. I like my image, and the audience likes it, too. I am very comfortable with the kind of roles I do, and as I am not doing the same character or playing myself. I explore my characters; I don't brood over my broody image.
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Character is what was yesterday and will be tomorrow.
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They say it is the first step that costs the effort. I do not find it so. I am sure I could write unlimited 'first chapters'. I have indeed written many.
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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.
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The key step for an infielder is the first one, to the left or right, but before the ball is hit.
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This basic thing I always do: 'What happened between the character's birth, and page one of the script?' Anything that's not in the story, I'll fill in the blanks.
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I'd like to do something where there's a strong female character and some action. I've done a few stunts in the past.
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When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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I enjoy a character who sticks to her guns, who's always challenging herself. That's something I can relate to.
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I wrote my first novel when my daughter was about six months old.
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The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast.
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What drew me to the character is that Roberto Duran is the son of an American soldier - a Marine - stationed in Panama and a humble Panamanian mother, and he was abandoned.
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I've always considered myself a character actor.
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I went to see the film with a regular audience for the first time on Sunday, and was basically swamped.
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I take the walk to be the externalization of an interior seeking so that the analogy is first of all between the external and the internal.
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Zhvania was the general secretary of the organisation which I founded, the Citizens' Union. It was the biggest organisation and came first in all elections, and Zhvania was the leader.
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The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight.
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If someone says, 'Hey, I ran 100 miles this week. How far did you run?' ignore him! What the hell difference does it make?.... The magic is in the man, not the 100 miles.
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I tend to find the ecstasy hidden in ordinary joys, because I did not expect those joys to be ordinary to me.
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When I first came to the Bay area, I worked in Silicon Valley in the early to mid-'90s, and I think what mattered then was our ability as designers to create a vision around people's ideas.
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I feel more comfortable in front of a camera than anywhere else.
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If there is something magic about the collaborations I have with actors it's because I put the character first.
