Raphael Bob-Waksberg Quotes

The ideal way to approach a character is to find something in yourself that relates in some way.

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.

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.

I think people will discover themselves in 'Ankahee.'

A good movie humanizes people.

With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.

I'm hopefully making the reader feel a lot about the characters and then about their own life.

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.

It's always exciting to create a character that people can relate to, where people are like, 'Oh, I know this dude,' but maybe you've never actually seen this type of character on TV.

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

My favorite stories are human, so I'm always looking for...

We like movies and books that give us this emotionally moving experience, where you feel like a slightly different person, and you see the world a little different after you finish. It lets you see your own life in a different way, and it actually makes you feel really good.

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.

It's the only way I really know how to tell the story is to be able to kind of live through the characters. So when I find something that resonates with me, it's usually because it cuts to something very real inside of me; something that I've gone through or experienced.

I don't like to come at my character from some really technical place.

Fortunately, our audiences are used to a kind of boredom in the theatre, and if the writer is skillful, he will flatter them into thinking: 'Why, that's us up there, and aren't we - for all our little foibles - pretty nice guys and gals?'

Feelings are universal, and if an actor's doing his job, I think he's making people sit there, and if it's in a movie or a theatre, going 'Hmm, yeah, I know that... I know that.'

I am not interested in entertaining people. I think being an actor provides an opportunity to give people an experience they can connect to, reflect on, learn from, laugh at.

I like telling stories of imperfect people because most people are imperfect.

A reader should encounter themselves in a novel, I think.

You treat characters like people you meet in life-friends or mentors.

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

I don't like the idea the viewer can kind of sit there and go, 'Make me like this person.' People aren't inherently sympathetic.

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

I love relatable stories.