You jot down ideas, memories, whatever, concerning your real life that somehow parallels the character you're playing, and you incorporate that in your scene work.
I can't say that I've changed anybody's life, ever, and that's the real work of the world, if you want a better society.
The truth of the matter is movies are a reflection of life and violence is a real part of life. I don't think you could make movies exclusively where there was no violence.
It would be real nice to have some kind of bell or whistle attached to this film - it would give it a longer life. People seem to need that validation to go to a film these days.
Books are only the shadow and life the real thing. I believe this as strongly as any belief I hold.
It's people's own prerogative to be able to look at something and know the difference between 'this is what someone looks like with make-up on' and 'this is what they look like in real life.'
Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your real life to come through.
Dreaming means 'rehearsing' what you see, playing it over and over in your mind until it becomes as real to you as your life right now.
But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.
When you were on stage, you could be absolutely open about your emotions and indulge them and express yourself in a way that - in real life - I wasn't doing.
But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?
Real victories are those that protect human life, not those that result from its destruction or emerge from its ashes.
It's got to be harder in real life to win a World Cup. But depending on if you play World Class level on FIFA, it's going to be difficult to win in the video game, too.
I have, like, three suits to my name. But one thing I've learned is that when you dress up in real life, people treat you differently.
My life won't be a series of either/ors - musician or actor, rock or country, straitlaced or rebellious, this or that, yes or no. The real choices in life aren't that simple.
The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.
The war years were the most difficult time of my life. There was real famine in Moscow. The water froze inside the houses. There was no heat.
The Russian yearning for the meaning of life is the major theme of our literature, and this is the real point of our intelligentsia's existence.
Tooting my own horn is of no interest to me... it takes you away from real life. It's a waste, and I don't find a need to sing my own praises.
If we look at the life cycle of technologies, we see an early period of over-enthusiasm, then a 'bust' when disillusionment sets in, followed by the real revolution.
I think part of that is to create an environment where it's like real life, where you don't really know what's going to happen to you in a certain scene.
