“I like to try the scene over and over, but given the confines of television, I don't have that option.” TryingGivenTelevisionScene Author:John Slattery
“Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.” IfsWayGivingWritingTryingChanceEasierScenePagesScreensStuckStaringFinding YourselfBlankChances AreBlank Pages Author:Laini Taylor
“Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying to achieve some kind of emotion or trying to further the story along. You're trying to figure out what's the funniest way to do something.” WayTryingKindStoriesGoalEmotionClearComedyCuttingAchieveFiguresDramaScene Author:Luke Wilson
“There are times when I want to be plainspoken about my feelings in a song. But there are other times when it's really good to try and get my head around different kinds of song structures, or maybe I might get turned on by trying to write a song that would fit in this one scene in a movie. And by the end of all this, you just end up with a bunch of different ideas. And songs are really just ideas.” WantWritingTryingKindIdeasDifferentEndsFeelingsMightSongFitSceneStructureBunchDifferent KindsDifferent Ideas Author:Ryan Adams
“I love it when characters surprise you, just like real people. When I write a scene I just try to make the characters behave in a way that feels natural to them. Sometimes that means they make a left turn and do something unexpected. Those are always the best scenes in my opinion.” PeopleWayFeelsWritingTryingMeanRealSometimesCharacterTurnsLeftNaturalOpinionSceneSurpriseBehaveUnexpectedSomething Unexpected Author:Brad Falchuk
“The stories we sit up late to hear are love stories. It seems that we cannot know enough about this riddle of our lives. We go back and back to the same scenes, the same words, trying to scrape out the meaning. Nothing could be more familiar than love. Nothing else eludes us so completely.” KnowsTryingEnoughStoriesSeemsOur LivesSceneLateLove StoryFamiliarRiddleEludeElude UsMeaning Nothing Author:Jeanette Winterson
“I think you never want to have to go into the scene having to improvise; you want to make sure its working on the page. But I do like to have the ability to try stuff just in the moment, to give it some sort of spontaneity.” ThinkingWantGivingTryingMomentsStuffAbilityScenePagesSpontaneity Author:Ben Stiller
“There are scenes that were right on the edge, but I always try to err on non-indulgence. It's something that I'm very careful about, that I'm just leaning too hard into something.” TryingHardSceneEdgesCarefulIndulgence Author:M. Night Shyamalan
“As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place that helps that.” TryingHelpingSceneDirectorsCamerasSubtext Author:David Brooks
“The painter doesn't try to reproduce the scene before him... he simplifies and eliminates until he knows exactly what stirred him, sets this down in color and line as simply and as powerfully as possible and so translates his impression into an aesthetic emotion.” KnowsTryingLinesEmotionColorSceneImpressionPainterAestheticTranslateSimplify Author:David Milne
“I am trying to get my paintings a bit lighter in tone, as some of my recent oils have been mistaken for night scenes.” TryingHas BeensNightBitsPaintingSceneOilToneMistakenLighters Author:E. J. Hughes
“I've done roles before where I've wanted to be buff and sort of fit or whatever. And I like to try and be a little bit fit because there's usually one scene in a movie where you've got to run, which means you've got to run for about five hours nonstop. So, for me, it's just worthwhile being fit because doing a movie can be kind of grueling for six, seven, eight weeks. Or 12 weeks.” TryingKindMeanLittlesDoneRunningWantedBitsHoursRolesFiveWeekFitSceneSixLittle BitSevenEightBe KindWorthwhile Author:Guy Pearce