Quotes for All
The essence of Christianity is told us in the Garden of Eden history. The fruit that was forbidden was on the tree of knowledge. The subtext is, All the suffering you have is because you wanted to find out what was going on. Frank Zappa
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. David Brooks
I do tend to be an analyzer. I’m an old English major from way back, so I do have fun tearing apart texts and trying to find the hidden secrets and the subtexts in there. Cynthia Nixon
For me really good acting is about subtext. Clive Owen
It starts with the writing. We have to think of all these characters – we have to treat them all equally. We have to think of them as having an interior life and having motivations. When I’m drawing female characters, I’m looking for that. I’m looking for subtext. I’m looking for ways to make the … Read more
I’ve always been a character actor, although I’m not quite sure what that means. All my scripts are absolutely covered in notes, so any time I say anything – even ‘pass the salt’ – I have six subtexts, comments on what I really mean when I’m saying that. Maybe that’s what gives the impression that … Read more
The emoji still doesn’t really speak to the complexity that actually – or the subtext that goes on between when people actually speak face-to-face. Cate Blanchett
If you know why someone is doing what they’re doing, why they’re behaving the way they are, then that’s your job to reveal that, and often that’s situational. The storytelling does that, and then some of it’s your job as an actor to make that subtext come to life. Cate Blanchett
All the music I loved as a child, people thought it was junk. People were unaware of the subtext in so many of those records but if you were a kid you were just completely tuned in, even though you didn’t always say – you wouldn’t dare say it was beautiful. Bruce Springsteen
I try and make non-fiction films that feel like fiction, so I’m always looking for the subtext and that’s what really excites me. Brett Morgen