I refuse to go onstage without looking into the eyes and touching everyone I'm working with... we're all in it together, and everyone's an equal part when we're onstage.
Michael ArdenRead
I like to take these unusual characters and then make them as normal as possible, because we all know that the tragedy and the abnormal always hides itself behind the normal.
Interpretation
This quote reflects the idea of revealing the hidden complexities of unconventional characters within everyday life.
Isabelle Huppert's quote emphasizes the notion that the extraordinary or tragic aspects of people often lie beneath their seemingly normal exteriors. By presenting unusual characters in a relatable way, she highlights the complexities of human nature and suggests that everyone has layers that may not be immediately visible, urging us to look deeper into the lives of others.
In practice
In a speech about the depth of human experience.
I refuse to go onstage without looking into the eyes and touching everyone I'm working with... we're all in it together, and everyone's an equal part when we're onstage.
The strange dilemma of the 'ethnic-fiction' writer is that you are supposed to carry a banner for your homeland, be a voice for it, and educate the rest of the world about it, but I think that's far too onerous a burden for any writer to bear.
To write honestly and with all our powers is the least we can do, and the most.
From 1968 on, I was pretty much the black, gay SF writer.
If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story.
If a poet has a dream, it is not of becoming famous, but of being believed.
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