“Writing is my way of trying to understand vast things that probably I'll never truly understand, a way of exploring a Big Question, of wrestling meaning from the chaos of life. Consequently, when I choose to write overtly or even secretly about my real life, it's always something difficult and complicated that I'm longing to make sense of.” WritingTryingRealDifficultLongingChaosComplicatedReal LifeMy WayMake SenseWrestlingExploring Author:Leslie Pietrzyk
“Learning to heal ruptures is a key to having a successful relationship. Adam and Eve model that for all of us. In Hollywood love is a choice, and you live happily ever after. In real life love is a series of choices. You make the choice to be with a person over and over again.” RealChoicesLove IsSuccessfulReal LifeHealLove LifeHappily Ever AfterEver AfterAdam And Eve Author:Bruce Feiler
“I get asked that a lot: "What do you think your role is, with all the people that look up to you?" I'm an entertainer, you know? I'm not trying to bombard anybody with anything, but at the same time, face-to-face or in real life, if I'm talking to some kid, I have opinions just like everybody else does.” PeopleThinkingTryingRealKidsOpinionReal LifeLook Up Author:Mac DeMarco
“I think challenges are what any decent writer would be all about. If you actually do find your slide and grease it, shame on you. Me, I get bored very easily. As a writer I get bored even faster than I do in real life. I mean, I like fast cars; I've driven a lot of racecars. You need some stimulation. If I find something that seems too difficult to do, too difficult to research, or beyond your writing abilities, it's a perfect invitation to try it.” ThinkingWritingTryingMeanRealDifficultChallengesAbilityPerfectCarShameDrivenReal LifeBoredDecentInvitationsGreaseFast Car Author:Dan Simmons
“Let's be honest, you and I have probably seen a whole lot of family films - you have to do something special. Jim Strouse has the ability to write this hairpin turn between emotion and comedy that is very real. In real life, you don't have time to prepare for the bad stuff and you don't have time to prepare for the good stuff, it just sort of happens.” WritingRealFilmAbilityEmotionComedySpecialHonestReal LifeBeing Honest Author:John Krasinski
“In real life, I knew that fandom was made up of women, and women of color, and women of all ages. But on the publishing side of comics, it was a lot of white, straight men. It was often jarring to me to be the only women at a meeting or at a panel at a comic-con. Fortunately I had mentors who were not blinded by my gender and who said, "Yes, we know you can write these books." That hasn't been the case for everyone. What gives me great hope is that in the eight to nine years since I've started, I've seen tremendous growth.” MenGivingWritingBookRealAgeGrowthMen And WomenMeetingsGenderReal LifeMentorPublishing Author:Marjorie M. Liu
“Even if someone doesn't look like you or you don't know people like this in your real life, you get to know them and you get to see their humanity and you get to empathize with them. Our hope is that through empathy that can spark change. We hope people start talking to each other and our show sparks conversation because we need to start talking to each other, not at each other.” PeopleRealHumanityLike YouEmpathyReal Life Author:Gina Prince-Bythewood
“That's the thing that most people don't realize. In real life, comedians aren't funny. They save it. They save it up.” PeopleRealRealizingReal LifeComedian Author:Michael Showalter
“Unlike most actors, I did not have a horrible childhood. Most actors have had miserable childhoods and they go into acting to hide from their real life. I had no problem playing in the woods all day. People just sort of left me alone. I think I'm gonna go back to those woods.” PeopleThinkingRealProblemActingChildhoodReal LifeHorribleMiserableNo ProblemMe Alone Author:Bruce Campbell
“I think that I have a lot of different personalities inside me, and I can just draw on them when I need to. And that, I don't know, maybe that makes me sort of schizophrenic in my real life, but it helps at work.” ThinkingDifferentRealHelpingPersonalityReal LifeSchizophrenic Author:Judy Greer
“In real life, things don't all end at the nice same place. To keep the story real, there has to be kind of a ragged edge at the end of a novel.” KindRealNovelNiceReal LifeBe Kind Author:Robin Hobb
“I think we need to have stories about women that don't necessarily fit the trope of the classic woman, because they do exist. We have to show real life on TV and film. And we don't. We only see maybe 5 percent of what real people are really like. I mean, movies set in Los Angeles that don't have any minorities in them - how does that happen?” PeopleThinkingMeanRealFilmFitReal LifeClassicLos Angeles Author:Cristela Alonzo
“In a traditional Western there's always the bravado, and it's almost like they're winking that they know they're in a Western - "Look how good I can spin my gun." In real life, when the bad guy kills somebody, or they're bad guy friend gets killed, they're upset, too, which is not typical in Westerns.” RealGuyGunWesternReal LifeUpset Author:Ti West
“People think I'm cool - it's a virtue of my job! In real life I'm absolutely not cool, but I think if you have the courage of your convictions, and you're confident in yourself, people will maybe think that you are even if you're really a massive dork. Everyone has a different job where, to someone else, your job is really fancy!” PeopleThinkingDifferentRealVirtueConvictionReal LifeDork Author:Shura
“This album - Pain Medicine - is diverse enough and healing enough to help people get through real life sh*t whether it be through laughing at a dude because he's wack in the bed or it be through a record like when crying is easy where you explore what isn't in life that will make you happy. Real recognize real.” PeopleRealEnoughHelpingPainEasyHealingLaughingCryReal LifeDiverseMake You Happy Author:K.Michelle
“My goal is to help women learn to walk out their lives with real faith in a real Jesus who changes real lives forever.” RealHelpingJesusGoalForeverReal Life Author:Cynthia Garrett
“The issue in the Bible is not just "Do you believe in God or not?" Everybody believed in gods of some sort. The question was, "Who is truly the only living God?" And if that God is indeed Yahweh the God of Israel, then there are consequences in real life - as shown in the Torah.” BelieveRealConsequenceReal LifeBelieve In GodTorah Author:Christopher J. H. Wright
“I feel like there's a randomness in real life that too many Hollywood movies just shave off. It feels too intentional, and life just isn't that intentional. I like popcorn movies. I like entertaining movies. But, I feel like I could do something more in the real world.” WorldRealReal LifeReal WorldRandomness Author:Morgan Neville
“I'm only 13, so I can't say "life experiences." So, basically, I had to... act! I had to make up character that is very old. I guess that's why they call it acting - you do draw from some stuff in your life, I guess, but it's not real life. You have to fake it.” RealCharacterActingReal LifeFakeLife Experience Author:Chloe Grace Moretz
“As far as the MMOs go, especially with the voice chat, it becomes like hanging out with your friends in a chat channel, and you're playing at the same time. So it becomes a lot more social than people would probably think.” PeopleThinkingRealNightHoursCircumstancesReal LifeHanging Out Author:Felicia Day
“Actors are the neediest people you're ever going to meet. And their relationship to real life, tenuous though it is because of all the wranglers, the money, everyone throwing everything at them every day of their lives -I think they're pretty much who they were before.” PeopleThinkingRealReal Life Author:Scott Raab
“There is something about dance that is actually a great tension. There is something that is incredibly freeing about dancing for dancers who do it. They tend to be really arty and interesting people in real life.” PeopleRealInterestingDancingReal LifeTensionDancerBeing Real Author:George Nolfi
“I tried to take a few community college classes, but it got in the way of music, so I stopped. I had real life college and traveling on the road college. It's like a segue into adulthood, like living on your own for the first time.” RealCommunityCollegeFirst TimeReal LifeAdulthoodCommunity College Author:Alex Winston
“I always had a sense of people and would talk with them. I talk to my doorman. I talk to everybody I work with. I enjoy it. I like being part of a real life. I love dreams. I love glamour. I love being invited to great places. But I don't really care if I go, as long as I'm invited. I get invited to so many things, but I'd rather go have a hamburger or see a movie.” PeopleLongRealDreamCareEnjoyLove IsReal LifeGlamour Author:Ralph Lauren
“Sometimes I'll have an end in mind, but it's always false, always corny, just a dumb idea anyone could have, sitting on a barstool. An abstract thesis with no real life inside it. And then I start writing and the writing itself confounds me, taking away the comfort of knowing the end in advance. How is that even possible? Doesn't the conclusion come at the end? How can you begin with one - that seems odd, right?” WritingMindRealSometimesComfortReal LifeConclusionDumbOddAbstractCornyThesis Author:Charles D'Ambrosio
“Anyone has outside influences. They are the results of the cosmic roll of the dice: this person is born Aragon the Ranger, this person is born a prisoner in North Korea, this person is born Carlos the Dwarf. Some of these things are out of our control, but that doesn't mean that they can't be changed. A character, just like a person in real life, is a summation of her actions and feelings. Our actions and emotions are not performed against nothing, they do not arise from dust, we are in constant friction, and/or flow with our surroundings.” MeanRealCharacterFeelingsActionEmotionInfluenceChangedReal LifePrisonerCosmicNorth Korea Author:James Franco
“I could have a sex change and become a woman, physically. But in some ways that isn't even necessary. Because we live in a time when real life, and virtual life are at parity. We are so used to being creators, and creating versions of ourselves, mainly online, and through our communication technology, that I could very well picture myself as a woman, and consider myself a woman, even if my body would be classified as a male body by a medical examiner.” RealTechnologyCommunicationMedicalReal LifeOnline Author:James Franco
“And in real life endings aren't always neat, whether they're happy endings, or whether they're sad endings.” RealReal LifeHappy EndingsNeatSad EndingLife Ending Author:Stephen King
“Sometimes you have to think about what you're going to say, in real life, so when you see that thought process going on in a movie, it feels real and looks real.” ThinkingRealSometimesReal Life Author:Julianne Hough
“I kind of like the idea of taking a concept and going all the way with it, even if it's not completely plausible. It's something that I like about making movies. You have a concept that maybe would not work in real life, but you can make it work in the world you're creating.” WorldKindRealReal Life Author:Michel Gondry
“We did casting in L.A. and a lot of people came against the advice of their agents. The agents said, "You shouldn't be in Postal, it will damage your career." So Zack Ward came to casting and played one of the cop parts, and then later I looked at the DVDs again and said, "This guy is Postal Dude." He's like white trailer trash. He's had a long time in the film industry, but no real success. He needs money; he's two-times divorced in real life. He said he works only to pay off his Philippine ex-wife.” PeopleLongRealFilmGuyAdviceReal LifeCopDivorcedNeed Money Author:Uwe Boll
“Definitely in movies, girls talk about boys all the time. And even in real life, I feel like a lot of my conversations revolved around - or maybe not now because I'm getting a little older - obsessing over boys.” RealGirlBoysReal Life Author:Sophia Takal
“With Halloween, the director was this genius wonder boy who was the writer, director, producer, along with his girlfriend. They were this team, and they were making this small movie, and it was just completely different, but it was really inspiring and a lot of fun, and also allowed me to do a lot of improvisation, because they just depended on the girls to expand their parts to bring some real life, being girls ourselves, to the characters.” DifferentRealCharacterGirlFunWonderBoysTeamGeniusReal LifeProducersGirlfriendHalloweenImprovisationBeing A Girl Author:P. J. Soles
“I can't bear small talk, it's awful. I want to get beyond that thing of discussing how the weather is a bit better today than it was yesterday, and how this is a nice restaurant. I want to get to what are the problems, what's really going on. Are you in love? Are you in a lot of pain? What's really going on in your life? I'm interested in that area, whether it's on stage or in real life.” RealProblemTodayPainNiceReal LifeSmall Talk Author:Simon Amstell
“I don't think I change, but it definitely makes me aware of some of the things that are inside of me. Actually, because I have played a lot of villains up until now, I put something of myself into these roles. So when I see myself on the screen I'm more aware of when I'm like them in real life. I can feel it. That's the character you play; that's the guy you don't want to be. So I'm more in control of it.” ThinkingRealCharacterGuyReal LifeVillain Author:Roland Møller
“There's no difference between my persona on Twitter and Instagram and in real life.” RealReal LifePersona Author:Lili Reinhart
“I don't make a habit of watching my parents' films, because it is a little strange. But I will say that I binge watch House of Cards compulsively, and I think it's the first time I've ever seen one of my mom's projects and totally forgot she was my mom! She's honestly that good, and, also, her character is the exact opposite of who she is in real life.” ThinkingRealCharacterFilmHouseStrangeMomHabitFirst TimeMy MomHonestlyReal Life Author:Dylan Frances Penn
“I want my paintings to give the viewer a true sense of reality - that includes but is not limited to depth, scale and a tactile surface as well as the real sense of what the subject looks like and is feeling at the time that I painted them. There should be a discourse between the viewer and the subject, to feel as though they are in a way connected. My goal is not to set a narrative but rather to have the viewer bring their own experiences to the painting and the subject as they would if they had seen the subject on the street in real life.” GivingRealFeelingsRealityGoalPaintingReal Life Author:David Kassan
“With men, you need to anticipate all your ideas at least one or two months before the next women's collection, so you need to create a feeling that links with what will happen a few months later. To me, a man and a woman are really a couple. They live together. They grew up in Italy together. So, not just in the stores or the campaigns, but also in real life, it's very important for me to create a connection between them.” MenImportantRealFeelingsTogetherCoupleReal Life Author:Frida Giannini
“I don't know what Bruce Willis has done in real life. We know actors have certainly had tirades - that's for sure. I never had troubles with him, but the big issue is really less about what Bruce is, as opposed to - this behavior has taken place, and sometimes it came out at something that had credibility, as opposed to, "No, I want to be fat and have a beard." Other people say, "I don't give a damn about the credibility. I paid $20 million. I want to see a movie star."” PeopleGivingRealSometimesDoneTakenTroubleBehaviorReal LifeMovie StarCredibilityBeard Author:Barry Levinson
“In real life, I don't fall in love with the guy who wines and dines me, I fall in love with the flaws and the humanity. When I see someone get embarrassed or when I see them wearing their heart on their sleeve, I want to see that in movies. I hate seeing the put-together people, and then it makes everyone think they're supposed to look like that. It's all a bunch of BS.” PeopleThinkingHeartRealGuyHateHumanityFallI HateWineFalling In LoveReal LifeFlawsEmbarrassedI Fall In Love Author:Rosemarie DeWitt
“In real life, I'm very shy, but people think I'm this angry, sexy kind of - god knows what they think! And there I am in front of them, nervous and blushing and stuttering and whatnot. So I'm definitely not the person you see in pictures.” PeopleThinkingKindRealSexyReal LifeNervousShyGod KnowsBlushingStuttering Author:Lara Stone
“As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic. The words for me are secondary, but the chemistry between the actors is most important. However, you have to go by the script because it's related to production, otherwise you will not finish your project. My background are acting, film production, directing, and I studied them for many years. Keep in mind that you need many other skills when you are starting any film project related to real life.” MindImportantRealFilmActingReal LifeChemistry Author:Tommy Wiseau
“That character in Solitary Man is probably most like me in real life: a solid person who has a good head on her shoulders and is very driven and practical, and not afraid to set boundaries. That's sort of my center. I come from the same place as the character in Solitary Man.” MenRealCharacterDrivenReal LifeBoundariesNot AfraidSolitary Author:Jenna Fischer
“It's a challenge to express real life in dramatic terms. In an entirely "made-up" story, you are sometimes overwhelmed by the infinite possibilities.” RealSometimesTermChallengesPossibilityInfiniteReal LifeDramaticOverwhelmed Author:Daniel Clowes
“It's not hard for me to be honest with my fans because that's what I set out to do from the beginning - I've based my entire career off of just trying to do that for them - but I always kind of forget that my real life friends can hear my music and they can watch my interviews if they want and that's when I get kind of like- "oh..." - I don't necessarily sit down and talk to my friends about all the things that I write my music about, because it's easier for me to write music than to sit and talk to my friends about it sometimes- it's almost like writing in a diary.” WritingTryingKindRealForgetHonestReal LifeBeing Honest Author:Beatrice Miller
“I don't like to think that people recognize who I am when I'm out and about, and anyone who comes up to me in real life can testify that I suddenly clam up and get very nervous. People asking me for my autograph in H&M was beyond surreal.” PeopleThinkingRealReal LifeNervousSurreal Author:Susanna Lau
“I'm not able to completely escape naturalism. It's very difficult to escape from naturalism without being too dry. That's what I try to do in my cinema - escape naturalism and do films that are, at the same time, realistic but have a lot of fantasy. It's very difficult in cinema to get away from what life is about, from real life. The way the actors work has to be realistic - you can't do Baroque acting - so it's very complicated. And, we're human beings, so we're not perfect. I'm trying to do something different.” TryingDifferentRealFilmDifficultPerfectActingFantasyComplicatedReal LifeGet AwayRealisticBeing RealNot PerfectNaturalismBaroque Author:Philippe Garrel
“I was cast last minute for Casino Royale. They asked me to fly to Prague. I liked the script very much. I flew to Prague and did a bit of an audition. I was really focused and stressed out. And Daniel Craig was there. He was very, very blonde, like a Steve McQueen. He's moving a lot in real life. He's quite nervous. He was very lovely, very patient, and really connecting with me when we did the screen test.” RealMovingPatientFocusedLovelyReal LifeNervousStressedBlondeStressed OutMcqueen Author:Eva Green
“Film is a great tool to play with time, going back and forth through time, or speeding time up and slowing it down and do stuff like that. That's something you can't experience in real life that you can experience on film, and it takes you to a different place.” DifferentRealFilmReal LifeDifferent PlaceRough Times Author:Darren Aronofsky