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- Nov 07, 2020
Story Quotes
Every story is worth telling well.
One line here is about recognizing a story too rarely told, another about a lasting preference for tales of the underdog and survival. For similar reflections, see our Life quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Emotional
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the main character's not in jeopardy - physical, psychological, emotional, whatever - then you don't have any tension, and you don't have a story.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father who in this case was an obsessive life-long storyteller, and by a very peculiar trick of my father's. My father would tell a very, very long story, and the punch line would be in Yiddish.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I auditioned for 'West Side Story' and got the part of Tony, but wasn't allowed to do it. They needed me to play trumpet. But I was glad, in the end, because I learned a lot about playing that score.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
Of course the female experience is different from those of our male peers - just like every woman's story is different from their fellow females.
- Call
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I first got the call from my manager asking if I'd ever heard of Jesse Owens, I recognized the name, looked him up, and was blown away by his story.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them without a horror which paralyses every other pleasure, even that to be found in reading a story.
- Literature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nonfiction writers are the packhorses of literature. We're meant to carry the story. If we can make it up and down the mountain by a reliable if not scenic route, we have delivered. Technique is optional.
- Impact
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hollywood thrillers give away almost 70 percent of the story in promos but still the film remains interesting. In India we do a lot of cuts and put in songs in promos to create an impact.
- Nov 07, 2020
I auditioned for my first show in Delhi and got through. There's no fancy story around it, sadly.
- Motivation
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- Nov 07, 2020
All directors are storytellers, so the motivation was to tell the story I wanted to tell. That's what I love.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020