“For me, the best characters are the ones that feel fully formed inside and out, so I try to have a very clear vision of exactly what they would wear, top to bottom, who they are, what their backstory is, what their family situation is, who are their friends, just creating as much of a three-dimensional character [as possible]. Because I think you could do a very broad character, but as long as there's some emotional truth to them you can get away with really crazy things.” ThinkingFeelsTryingLongCharacterThreeSituationVisionClearCrazyEmotionalCreatingBottomGet AwayBroadsCrazy ThingsClear VisionBest Character Author:Nick Kroll
“In 'Tintin,' it's like a live-action role. You're living and breathing and making decisions for that character from page 1 to page 120, the whole emotional arc. In an animated movie, it's a committee decision. There are 50 people creating that character. You're responsible for a small part.” PeopleWholeCharacterActionDecisionRolesEmotionalCreatingPagesResponsibleBreathingCommitteesAnimatedArcsSmall PartsMaking DecisionsAnimated Movies Author:Andy Serkis
“Determination and persistence are melded together. Their basis comes from people who stay hungry and don`t allow themselves to get too comfortable. Entering a comfort zone is the fastest way to kill your drive and determination, at which point you begin to accept whatever you have as being "good enough." There is no self-esteem in accepting the status quo. There are tremendous emotional and psychological rewards that come with pushing yourself to break through past limits and, in the process, creating something of value for yourself and others.” PeopleWaySelfEnoughTogetherPastValuesProcessAcceptingBreakSelf EsteemEmotionalComfortLimitsComfortableCreatingDeterminationBasesRewardsBe GoodHungryEsteemPsychologicalPersistenceZonePushingGood EnoughComfort ZoneEnteringStatus QuoBreak ThroughPush YourselfCreating SomethingDetermination And PersistenceDrive And DeterminationBeing Good Enough Author:Tony Robbins
“Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history.” ImportantFictionEmotionalCreatingAspect Author:Alix Kates Shulman
“You need to save some mental, physical, and emotional resources for enhancing your product after you ship. A revolution is a triathlon, not a hundred-yard dash-it requires long distance stamina and multiple skills such as creating, churning, and evangelizing.” NeedsLongEmotionalProductsRevolutionSkillsCreatingHundredResourcesDistanceShipsMultipleYardsLong DistanceStaminaChurningTriathlon Author:Guy Kawasaki
“I guess the most emotional part is when I have that moment when I end up writing something that I really, really love. So not only is there the emotional connection with the music that's being created, but there's also the magic of the fact that you're essentially creating something from nothing.” WritingEndsMomentsFactsMagicEmotionalCreatingConnectionsThat MomentCreating SomethingEmotional Connection Author:Moby
“I get very emotional about time periods I never lived in, but I have a weird connection to them. The mystery of it becomes about hearing the stories of those eras, and creating nostalgia from those stories.” StoriesMysteryEmotionalPeriodsCreatingConnectionsHearingNostalgiaErasTime Periods Author:Elle Fanning
“Animators do amazing working translating and interpolating the characters [in the Planet of the apes], the facial performances. What we're creating on set - if you don't get it on the day, in the moment, on set, in front of the camera, with the director and the actors. The emotional content of the scene and the acting choices.” IfsMomentsCharacterChoicesActorsActingFrontsEmotionalPlanetsSceneDirectorsCreatingPerformancesCamerasTranslateApesFacialAnimator Author:Andy Serkis
“The ability to double our biomass - not by waiting several million years and growing to be the size of an elephant - but waiting a few hundred thousand years for neurons to sprout into our brains - ones capable of having us create emotional relationships with other members of our species. We thereby double our biomass not by getting bigger, but by creating an ally.” YearsWaitingAbilityBrainMillionsGrowingEmotionalThousandMembersCreatingCapableHundredBiggerSpeciesSizeAlliesThousand YearsElephantsNeuronsSproutsRelationships With OthersBiomassEmotional Relationship Author:John Medina
“If you're feeling emotional when you're creating something, it'll sound that way.” IfsWayFeelingsSoundEmotionalCreatingCreating Something Author:Steve Vai