“You can get really good reads on your dreams if you think of every character in them as actually being you.” Quote by John Darnielle
“The fact that somebody's telling you a story about people who didn't exist doesn't make the experience of the story any less real in your heart and mind.” PeopleMindHeartRealFactsStoriesHeart And Mind Author:John Darnielle
“Kayfabe is kind of a code. To break kayfabe is to let people know that the punch was not real and that the match was scripted.” PeopleKnowsKindRealBreakCode Author:John Darnielle
“If you're standing in the middle of a ring and you're playing the villain, and everyone is booing and throwing things at you, that's real.” IfsRealMiddleStandingRingsThrowingVillainBooingThrowing Things Author:John Darnielle
“If you get into a fight and somebody punches you, you get two feelings. One: That really hurts. Two: That relief in the realness of, like, Wow, this is what it is. It's not an intellectual process.” IfsTwoFeelingsFightingProcessHurtIntellectualReliefWowRealness Author:John Darnielle
“In wrestling, people just throw each other around, possibly actually bleed, and are still friends in the locker room afterwards. But there's a real glee - a feeling goes up in the arena, especially on non-TV days. If it's just people in a room and somebody starts to bleed, that's very exciting.” PeopleIfsStillsRealFeelingsRoomsTvsExcitingWrestlingArenaLockersGleeLocker Room Author:John Darnielle
“Not everybody relates to pain, but if you can watch other people playacting it, you can absorb some of that vibe. It's like watching horror movies - you want to have the experience, but in a safe environment.” PeopleIfsWantPainWatchesEnvironmentHorrorSafeRelateSafe Environment Author:John Darnielle
“What's funny is that people think, "Well there has to be something more than wrestling, because wrestling has such an absurd quality to it." But if you tell a love story, people don't ask what else is in there. They say, "Oh, it's just a love story." All stories have many levels, but these ones show their hand and say, "You might want to look a little deeper."” PeopleIfsThinkingWantWellsLooksLittlesStoriesShowsHandsMightAsksLevelsQualityDeeperLove StoryAbsurdWrestlingStory People Author:John Darnielle
“Being a fan of dance and a dancer, I love my classic dance movies.” FansClassicDancer Author:Stephen Boss
“At some point in time, in the future, people are going to refer to the Step Up films as the films they grew up on. Hopefully, that inspires them to get in dance films that are being made.” PeopleMadeFilmStepsInspireGrewGrew UpHopefullyStep Up Author:Stephen Boss
“Step Up doesn't have to hide anything. These are actually moves that people do. It just so happens that dancers are superheroes. People think there is a lot of wire work or camera tricks, but that's just not the case.” PeopleThinkingHappensMovingStepsCasesCamerasTricksDancerSuperheroWireStep Up Author:Stephen Boss