Julianne Moore Quotes

In my acting, I have tried to do this - to present to audiences a living creature in whom they can recognise themselves or someone they know.

And that's what people want to see when they go to the theater. I believe at the end of the day, they want to see themselves - parts of their lives they can recognize. And I feel if I can achieve that, it's pretty spectacular.

To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters will feel relatable.

I prefer to do roles that I can relate to.

My concern has always been to write songs that my audience, my fans are able to identify with.

The character is close to me, except that I haven't lived through those situations, so it's not completely me.

Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation. This is what I try to tell my students: this is one great thing that literature can do - it can make us identify with situations and people far away.

For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you.

When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.

We all do that thing which is the best in movies - we relate.

I love relatable stories.

Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation.

I relate to most of the characters I play, because I do feel like an outsider.

I guess I'm trying to write stuff that I, as a viewer, would connect to.

When a story is told really well and is real, even if it's not about their own lives, people can apply it to themselves.

The more time you spend with any character, whether it's from a comic book universe or a really naturalistic universe, the more time you spend, the more that character just becomes another aspect of yourself.

As an actor, you really want to resonate with your audience.

I'm mostly interested in characters and how they manifest themselves in their relationships. I'm delighted that people relate to the characters in 'Bojack,' and hopefully they will too to the characters in 'Undone.' If they understand themselves or feel seen in a new way, I think that's a wonderful thing.

I think people will discover themselves in 'Ankahee.'

You have to present characters an audience can relate to.

Somewhere, the audience relates to my characters and their vulnerability. I believe they see themselves in me.

'Blue is the Warmest Colour' - I'm not a lesbian, I'm not French, I'm not a woman, but I saw so much of myself in those women and in those characters. I saw different parts of myself than I ever would've seen if I hadn't seen that film.

People relate to my characters and see me in a different way. They identify with me and remember the nuances of my characters.

When people watch my movies and web series, I want them to either see themselves in those characters or something they can relate to.

As a writer, every time I create a character, I try to go for something to captivate the audience in some way. It's also an extension of how the audience would like to see themselves.