- Nov 07, 2020
Emotional Truth Quotes
Honesty in fiction, comedy, and real life.
Storytellers often say that emotional truth matters more than literal accuracy, and these quotes show writers and actors wrestling with that idea across film, comedy, and the novel. Compare it with quotes on making stories Better through honest craft.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Humor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Reading 'Youth in Revolt' might have ruined my career because suddenly I wanted to abandon all the emotional truth of something and just go out far on a literary limb with completely implausible things that relied completely on voice and humor. And what saved me is realizing that I couldn't do that very well.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's much better to write a book and stick to the research - that's history. In cinema, emotional truth and psychological truth is much more important.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would never make a purely autobiographical movie, because it would be incredibly boring. But I always bring something. It's usually some emotional truth I've experienced, like in 'Get Him to the Greek,' the relationship between Jonah Hill and Elisabeth Moss, I had certainly had that kind of relationship with a girlfriend.
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're trying to paint a portrait of a very specific world, you're trying to show what makes the world different. So, sometimes it means exaggerating certain kind of aspects, but I don't think it's that important or it's that much of an issue as long as you get an emotional truth across.
- Film And Television
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think film and television actually is a lot harder. Acting onstage is physically more arduous, but to get to emotional truth within a scene, it's much tougher to do it on film.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020