“Villains are not fun for me to play, as such. But caricature-ish, intense behaviors that are based on real human traits are interesting. That makes an interesting story.” HumansRealPlayStoriesFunInterestingBehaviorIntenseVillainTraitsCaricaturesReal HumanInteresting Stories Author:Sharlto Copley
“The thing that you learn in directing is that when you're on the floor, no matter how complex the shooting is...you have to remain absolutely sensitive to every nuance of the behavior of the people around you. Because, ultimately, if you don't keep in mind the overall humanity, then the machine takes over and suddenly all you have are technically fine shots, technically good performances. The story's being told, but something's lacking, something mysterious, indefinable.” PeopleIfsMindMatterStoriesHumanityFineBehaviorShotsMachinesPerformancesComplexesMysteriousShootingSensitiveLackingNuanceIndefinableLacking Something Author:Irvin Kershner
“Well it's been about 100 years and every attempt at a comics writers' union has failed miserably. There is, sadly, a long history of short-term thinking and self-destructive behavior among my fellow comic book creators. No matter how many horror stories they have heard they won't even go so far as to hire themselves a lawyer when they need it. It breaks my heart. I am a very proud union member of the Writers Guild. And I can't imagine my fellow comic creators being able to pull something like this together.” ThinkingNeedsYearsWellsHeartLongI CanBookSelfMatterStoriesAbleTogetherTermBreakImagineHeardProudMy HeartHorrorMembersBehaviorFellowsUnionsCreatorLawyerComicDestructiveComic BookShort TermSelf DestructiveBreaking My HeartHorror StoriesGuildsSelf Destructive BehaviorDestructive BehaviorShort Term Thinking Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“The value of market esoterica to the consumer of investment advice is a different story. In my opinion, investment success will not be produced by arcane formulae, computer programs or signals flashed by the price behavior of stocks and markets. Rather an investor will succeed by coupling good business judgment with an ability to insulate his thoughts and behavior from the super-contagious emotions that swirl about the marketplace.” DifferentStoriesValuesAbilityEmotionOpinionAdviceSucceedBehaviorJudgmentComputerProgramInvestmentConsumersInvestorsSignalsMarketplaceContagiousGood BusinessSwirlsArcaneInvestment SuccessCoupling Author:Warren Buffett
“Medicine is probably one of the best backgrounds for a writer to find stories. I always think cops and docs have the best background because we see so much of human behavior, such a range of human emotions.” ThinkingHumansStoriesEmotionBehaviorMedicineBackgroundsRangeCopHuman BehaviorHuman Emotions Author:Tess Gerritsen
“Becoming more flexible, open-minded, having a capacity to deal with change is a good thing. But it is far from the whole story. Grandparents, in the absence of the social institutions that once demanded civilized behavior, have their work cut out for them. Our grandchildren are hungry for our love and approval, but also for standards being set.” WholeStoriesSocialDealsCuttingBecomingBehaviorStandardsCapacityInstitutionsGood ThingsAbsenceHungryCivilizedApprovalGrandparentOur LoveGrandchildrenFlexibleOpen MindedBecoming MoreSocial InstitutionsCivilized Behavior Author:Eda LeShan
“We want to hear the story first and let the meaning unfold, rather than to be present with expectations of a certain significance into which all behavior is then fitted.” WantFirstsStoriesCertainBehaviorExpectationsSignificance Book:Gestalt therapy integrated: contours of theory and practice Source: Gestalt therapy integrated: contours of theory and practice
“I'm not at all contemporary, not even modern, and the fact that I would be so quaintly attracted to that wrestling rule makes me, I suppose, seem all the more old-fashioned. I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.” BelieveFactsStoriesSeemsWould BeI BelieveModernBehaviorConsequenceI Believe InContemporaryWrestlingOld Fashioned Author:John Irving
“Many people don’t realize the extent to which stories influence our behavior and even shape our culture. Think about how Bible stories teach the fundamentals of religion and rules of conduct. Think of the fables and parables that molded your values. Think of how stories about your national, cultural or family history have shaped your attitudes about yourself and others.” PeopleThinkingStoriesValuesCultureRealizingAttitudeTeachInfluenceShapesBehaviorFundamentalsAbout YourselfFablesParablesFamily HistoryBible Stories Author:Lawrence Shapiro
“I have some sort of affinity for compulsive behavior. The most interesting stories come up from the people on the outside.” PeopleStoriesInterestingBehaviorCome UpMost InterestingAffinityInteresting Stories Author:Willem Dafoe
“From the writing stage, I had envisioned a film that would be bright and light, even if the movie addresses adolescent unrest and self-destructive behavior. Talking about adolescence, I wanted to make a very musical film that was also a love story with a sensorial, sensual dimension and which had a strong emotional impact.” IfsWritingSelfStoriesLightWould BeWantedFilmStrongTalkingStageEmotionalBehaviorImpactMusicalLove StorySensualDimensionsAddressesDestructiveAdolescenceSelf DestructiveUnrestSelf Destructive BehaviorStrong EmotionalDestructive Behavior Author:Alante Kavaite
“Labels bias our perceptions, thinking, and behavior. A label or story can either separate us from, or connect us to, nature. For our health and happiness, we must critically evaluate our labels and stories by their effects.” ThinkingStoriesEffectsBehaviorPerceptionLabelsBiasEvaluate Author:Michael J Cohen
“There is not a moral to every story in animal behavior. Sometimes a snake is just a snake, and sometimes snake sex is only about sex in snakes, or sex in egg-laying reptiles. Although a biologist's job in part is to interpret what organisms do in a broader context, that context does not, and should not, need to include a lesson for human beings. This is true regardless of whether the lesson is something we would like to teach, which means that using animals as vehicles for nonsexist thinking is just as out of bounds as using them to keep women barefoot and pregnant.” ThinkingNeedsShouldHumansMeanDoeSometimesStoriesJobsSexHuman BeingsAnimalMoralTeachLessonsBehaviorBoundsEggsVehiclePregnantOrganismsSnakesBiologistBarefootReptilesAnimal Behavior Author:Marlene Zuk
“We were required to predict a soldier's performance in officer training and in combat, but we did so by evaluating his behavior over one hour in an artificial situation. This was a perfect instance of a general rule that I call WYSIATI, "What you see is all there is." We had made up a story from the little we knew but had no way to allow for what we did not know about the individual's future, which was almost everything that would actually matter. When you know as little as we did, you should not make extreme predictions like "He will be a star."” KnowsWayShouldLittlesMadeMatterStoriesIndividualStarsHoursPerfectSituationBehaviorTrainingPerformancesSoldierExtremesInstanceCombatOfficersArtificialPredictionsOne Hour Author:Daniel Kahneman
“When you're directing an ongoing series, the tone has already been set. So a director will come in and fulfill that tone - reinforce the characters and their behavior. The challenge is to find unique ways that you can visually tell the story while keeping the established tone and the pace and the characters.” WayCharacterStoriesChallengesDirectorsBehaviorUniqueSeriesTonePaceOngoing Author:Bryan Cranston
“My true inspirations are my kids and my husband. I'm also inspired by stories of my extended family, friends, and even strangers who cause me to look at my life and behavior and encourage me to be the best person, mother, daughter, and friend that I can be.” LooksPersonsI CanStoriesInspirationKidsMotherCausesHusbandBehaviorDaughterInspiredStrangerBeing The BestMy HusbandMother DaughterFamily FriendsBest PersonExtended Family Author:Trista Sutter
“I decided to write Leadership BS because I was irritated by the hypocrisy in the leadership literature and the fact that many of the people writing leadership books exhibited behavior that was precisely the opposite of what they advocated and also what they claimed they did. Stories did not seem to be a good foundation on which to build a science of leadership.” PeopleWritingBookFactsStoriesSeemsLiteratureBehaviorDecidedOppositesFoundationHypocrisyIrritated Author:Jeffrey Pfeffer
“I'm interested in human behavior, and what happened in my family life is definitely not a unique story. There are aspects of that I'm sure you can see through the work. But I'm just looking for something that touches me.” HumansStoriesLife IsHappenedBehaviorUniqueAspectMy FamilyHuman BehaviorFamily LifeTouch Me Author:Charlize Theron
“The story [in 12 Years a Slave] serves as a metaphor for the fear of having your family taken away, and for being abused in such a horrific way. I lost it a lot of times watching that film, particularly when seeing the grace of the man when he finally makes it back home aged, changed, forever brutalized, and yet he apologizes to his family for his long absence. That was such a profoundly moving moment capturing the triumph of dignity over the disgraceful behavior of those involved in the slave trade.” MenWayYearsLongMomentsStoriesHomeFilmMovingLostForeverTakenGraceSeeingChangedHe ManInvolvedBehaviorDignityTradeSlaveMetaphorAbsenceTriumphOur FamilyApologizingBack HomeHorrificDisgracefulSlave Trade Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I think there is having a behavior that is disrespectful to women that goes unchecked, where your manhood is defined by sexual conquests, where you trade stories with your friends and no one checks anyone. At 19, that was normal.” ThinkingStoriesBehaviorNormalTradeChecksDefinedManhoodConquestDisrespectful Author:Nate Parker
“One of the main jobs of conciousness is to keep our life tied together into a coherent story, a self-concept. It does this by generating explanations of behaviors on the basis of our self image, images, memories of the past, expectations of the future, the present social situation, and the physical environment in which behavior is produced.” DoeSelfStoriesTogetherJobsPastSocialMemoriesSituationEnvironmentOur LivesBehaviorExpectationsConceptsBasesExplanationTiedSelf ConceptPast Memories Author:Joseph E. LeDoux
“I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.” BelieveStoriesI BelieveBehaviorConsequenceI Believe In Author:John Irving
“I write books because I have always been fascinated by stories and language, and because I love thinking about what makes people tick. Writing a story... 'The Giver' or any other... is simply an exploration of the nature of behavior: why people do what they do, how it affects others, how we change and grow, and what decisions we make along the way.” PeopleThinkingWayLoveWritingBookStoriesAgeLanguageGrowsDecisionBehaviorExplorationFascinatedGiverTickDecisions We Make Author:Lois Lowry
“It's the oldest story in the world. Boy loves girl. Boy loses girl. Boy gets girl back thanks to the unethical behavior of megalomaniacal mad scientists who never met a corpse they wouldn't try to resurrect. Anyone coming within a hundred yards of my happy ending had better pray that they're immune to bullets. - Shaun Mason” WorldTryingStoriesGirlLosesBoysPrayingMetsBehaviorHundredScientistMadThanksBulletsYardsCorpsesHappy EndingsImmuneMasonsUnethicalMad ScientistBoy Girl Author:Mira Grant
“Too often we judge people based on our own backgrounds and experiences, but when you understand people's stories, it's easier to understand their demeanor.” PeopleHumansStoriesUnderstandingJudgingEasierBehaviorExperienceBasesBackgroundsJudgementBehaviourHuman BehaviorComprehensionDemeanorComprehending Author:Joel Osteen