“Early on - certainly in acting - you really have to take whatever you can get. So I understand well how difficult it can be to be in this position where people are just not hearing what you're trying to say or are saying. I recognize that.” PeopleTryingWellsDifficultActingPositionHearing Author:Oscar Isaac
“One's happiness is very largely a question of state of mind rather than the world you are looking at.” WorldMindStatesState Of Mind Author:Geoff Dyer
“I'll get cast occasionally as sort of the jerk version of myself, and I have fun doing that. But it's really better for everyone if I stay behind the camera.” IfsFunBehindsCamerasCastsVersionsHaving FunJerkIf I Stay Author:Aaron Sorkin
“The performances had to be live. When you play it back, you can see if the hands aren't really doing the right thing, and then the whole magic falls apart.” IfsPlayWholeHandsFallMagicPerformancesRight ThingFalling ApartDoing The Right Thing Author:Oscar Isaac
“I think I do have a sort of terrible propensity for boredom and for being bored, even though I am absolutely of the opinion that one shouldn't be bored and that there is no excuse for it and that it is a personal failing.” ThinkingOpinionFailingTerribleExcuseBoredBoredomNo ExcusesPropensityBeing Bored Author:Geoff Dyer
“I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue. But when I'm writing, the way the words sound is as important to me as what they mean.” WayWantWritingMeanImportantSoundDialoguePlotIntrusion Author:Aaron Sorkin
“I have a lot of respect for people who are great at ad-libbing, and for writers and directors who are able to create a scene in which that works.” PeopleAbleSceneDirectorsAds Author:Aaron Sorkin
“I guess that as life is speeded up and our capacity for concentration is being nibbled away at by all the obvious things, that leads us actually to be more susceptible to boredom.” Life IsCapacityObviousBoredomConcentrationSusceptibleObvious Things Author:Geoff Dyer
“As an audience member, I like the sound of something that's been written - I like it to sound written. And then, of course, you can't do it without the musicians who can play it.” PlayCoursesSoundAudienceWrittenMembersMusician Author:Aaron Sorkin