Scene Quotes

There's no such thing as life; or if there is, It is faster than the weather, faster than Any character. It is more than any scene: Of the guillotine or of any glamorous hanging.

The subject matter... is not that collection of solid, static objects extended in space but the life that is lived in the scene that it composes.

Dialogue comes naturally to me and I can hear the characters' voices in the scenes.

There is a compulsion that is perhaps the heart of life's meanings, this marvelous mystery of blood ties that brings joy whenever a new family member comes on the scene.

I've been told my old city possesses a 'thriving arts scene,' whatever that is; personally, I think artists should lie low and stick to their work, not line-dance through the parks.

No scene of mortal life but teems with mortal woe.

Nothing impresses the mind with a deeper feeling of loneliness than to tread the silent and deserted scene of former throng and pageant.

I have to see the whole scene in my head before I go out and do it. Which I do. I will envision the entire scene before I shoot it.

Then you have people coming up like Malcolm Bradbury, a relatively young writer who deals with the academic scene and deals with it, I think, brilliantly.

It's hard on an actor when you have to do a scene 45 times and you know damn well that three of the angles a director is shooting will never make it into the movie.

The roughest part is showing up. Once you throw yourself into the scene, it's just great fun to let it all go and not be self-conscious, and stop questioning whether you're sufficient.

That's pretty much what every scene is about, getting people to see your point of view. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

Making a mistake means overshooting a scene, shooting too many takes, for instance. Long after you've got it, you just keep shooting.

A scene is never completed, but simply abandoned when the search for perfection is no longer producing positive results.

Assure thee, if I do vow a friendship, I'll perform it to the last article." --Othello, Act III, Scene iii

for my grief's so great That no supporter but the huge firm earth Can hold it up: here I and sorrows sit; Here is my throne, bid kings come bow to it. (Constance, from King John, Act III, scene 1)

Believe then, if you please, that I can do strange things. [Act 5, Scene 2]

The political scene is already so turgid, it doesn't need more of that from me.

When I direct and have to look at filmed scenes of myself, I suck.

Gradually the live TV scene simmered out, replaced by film, and that took place in L.A. So many actors left New York.

In books they don't have deleted scenes, like with DVDs. You could have your deleted scene in a book as well!

I'm too sensitive. I could not show up to a murder scene and do anything like that. It would break me instantly.

I loved, loved, loved the fight that I got to do with Matthew Bomer, who plays Bryce, when we did the fight scene that was back to back in the Buy More.

This scene may disturb you, so you have to pay attention.

Most times, the leader’s ornament isn’t the smiles you see on their faces during the time of victory. It is the sweats we don’t see when they were struggling behind the scenes.

I have no name, " she purred. "I'm whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be.

They say that dreams are only real as long as they last. Couldn't you say the same thing about life?

Thus ended the first and adventurous part of his existence. What followed was so different that, but for the reality of sorrow which remained with him, this strange part must have resembled a dream.

She let herself fall backwards into the music, and it was like falling in a dream, without fear.It was like being a raindrop falling into the ocean that had started you.

Funny, cute and kissableI've found a girl that makes me lose controlEvery night's like the first nightNever gettin' old

A criminal always returns home.

Denim and doubt, cotton and caution, fell to the floor in a forgotten heap

To Savor The Scene, A Book, or A Friend.

You’re a real cowboy.”

After what she's been through, there really should be crime scene tape around her heart.

You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

There is a story, there is a scene which you always miss and you never pay attention at it... (The Ring 1)

When writing, I uncage KAT: Keep Adding Tension. Even if I don't know where the story's going, petting the KAT keeps it purring.

She lost herself in the kiss, moving her body against his, her excitement rising, the tension inside her spinning tighter and tighter.

What she wanted was right there, between them, pressed against her stomach—so big and accessible and user-friendly—neatly covered and ready to go.

Writing a first-draft battle scene is akin to real combat—chaos, confusion, and you must keep your cool as you fire word bullets downrange.

[Beneatha Younger:]... He said everybody ought to learn how to sit down and hate each other with good Chrisitan fellowship. [excerpt from Act II, Scene 3]

There is always a story behind what you like. Like what you like and be happy with what you like but don't ever forget to mind the real lessons from the story behind what you like.

To do a romantic scene is the most unromantic thing to do on screen.