“If you film a scene in a wide shot, especially a disturbing, distressing moment, I do feel like that helps you feel as though you're the room with these people, instead of cutting it up and getting close - which you wouldn't be doing if you were actually in a room with these people.” PeopleIfsFeelsMomentsHelpingFilmRoomsCuttingSceneShotsWideDisturbingDistressing Author:Alex Karpovsky
“Im from Boston, and I get easily overwhelmed in New York, so I go to Boston and stay with my parents for a few months at a time to write, or edit, or just to cry.” WritingParentCryNew YorkMonthsOverwhelmedBostonEdits Author:Alex Karpovsky
“I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers.” KidsFictionScience FictionMy FavoriteFiction WritersScience Love Author:Tahmoh Penikett
“When I was a kid, Blade Runner was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad.” LittlesKidsRememberBoysSeeingDadMy DadMy FavoriteRunnersBladesLittle BoysBlade Runner Author:Tahmoh Penikett
“I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as fun. It's an interesting idea that you can control how you go. It's this thing that's looming, and you can control it.” ThinkingIdeasFunInterestingSuicideLoomingInteresting Ideas Author:Ryan Gosling
“Honestly, Battlestar is a truly unique thing, and its hard for anything to step up to that. There arent often shows that are as good as that.” HardShowsStepsUniqueHonestlyStep UpUnique Things Author:Tahmoh Penikett
“I like to act. I guess letting what you love be what you do is key. I've worked very hard for that to be the case, probably because I'm very lazy and I only want to do things that are fun and I run away from anything that feels like work... Acting for me is like lunch at school - you're just in a playground where you get to pretend and play.” WantFeelsHardPlayRunningSchoolFunLove IsActingCasesKeysLazyLunchRunning AwayWhat You LovePlaygrounds Author:Dichen Lachman
“I shared a room with my parents until I was 7, and I lived with my uncles and aunts and my cousins and my grandfather... so the house was always full of people.” PeopleHouseParentRoomsGrandfatherUnclesCousinAuntMy GrandfatherMy Cousin Author:Dichen Lachman
“As a person, when I was seven or eight, my dad would try very hard to tutor me through school because I had learning difficulties or whatever. I would wish that they could just plant a chip in my brain so that I would know everything and not have to study.” KnowsTryingPersonsHardSchoolWishBrainStudyDadDifficultyPlantSevenMy DadEightChipsTutor Author:Dichen Lachman
“Campaign may invite a certain skepticism about democracy, but it will surely restore your faith in cinema verite.” MayCertainDemocracyCampaignsCinemaInvitesSkepticism Author:A. O. Scott