Shoojit Sircar Quotes

I always liked characters that were more grounded in reality.

'Line of Duty' is a social realist drama, so it's set in a world that has the recognisable features of the authentic world we see around us.

I just love real characters; they're not pretentious, and every emotion is on the surface, they're regular working people. Their likes, their dislikes, their loves, their hates, their passions; they're all right there on the surface.

More people work at Walmart than anywhere else in the United States, but you wouldn't know that from our literature. I'm trying to get at the reality of this country by portraying the lives of many of my friends who I left behind in Pittsburgh.

Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist.

None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.

Wherever I go, I just try to show normal life. If the work helps to dispel stereotypes, it's because I seek not to portray the extremities of a place, but the vast majority of people who are quite normal and are having normal life experiences.

You're beginning to hear the tale of the common man and woman rather than the traditional memoir about the generals who just finished the war or the politicians who just rendered glorious service to the country.

A lot of times, I walk down the street and listen to people argue, and then I write a song about it.

I'm really into the human interest thing. I really like regular people.

I'm just a normal guy and blue-collar historian, and people keep tuning in.

I always try to relate a song to something what is going on, the working man, the times, how life goes.

We write stories about common people and common things. That's what Skynyrd always is about - the real working class of America.

Most of the shows that are offered to me have characters that are in the relatable space, mostly slice-of-life and light-hearted shows.

It is very difficult to make something like slice-of-life interesting. I don't think many people have done the slice-of-life dramas as good as TVF has done it.

What's cool about 'Insecure' is it's very realistic and nuanced.

Sometimes, I read that I'm this leftwing comic who just goes on about politics the whole time. Other times, I read that it's just surreal nonsense about crisps. It's both of those.

My father was incredible: a longshoreman; my mother was a secretary. Very 'go to work' people. That's how I saw things.

'Star Wars' is very black and white, and honestly, I like it that way. But fantastical settings like that work best when the characters within them feel real. Real people have conflicts and make mistakes and get it wrong sometimes.

I'm not a celebrity. I'm a guy doing a job.

There just hasn't been a voice for that normal dude when it comes to rap.

I write about everyday people, everyday lives.

I don't feel like my life is that of a superstar! Every day I wake up, I take the train, I go to my ballet class. My everyday life is pretty normal.

Social realism takes research.

The thing is about 'Vida,' we're telling a very simple family narrative. There's nothing fancy about it.