Lisa McMann Quotes

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.

Tone is up for grabs in what we do - what's the tone of the scene.

It’s not what you say; it’s what people hear.

Before any of it could make sense, it had to be heard.

She meant it as a compliment.

It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.

One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another.

It is the man determines what is said, not the words.

There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.

I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.

The medium is the message.

The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they have been in.

You have to make decisions - you know what you think. That doesn't mean the audience are aware of your decisions or what you think - the lines you're saying may have ambiguity.

I don't think you really can send an exact message, because any two viewers are so disparate, in terms of their backgrounds, their point of view, their histories, that there's no telling what that message might be.

The medium is not the message - the message is the message.

Write what he means, not what he says.

Tone is everything.

one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood.

If we are disappointed that men give little heed to what we utter is it for their sake or our own?

Understanding human nature. Perception. That's how I see acting - perception and communication.

Without a soundtrack, human interaction is meaningless.

You can't tell what a man is like or what he is thinking when you are looking at him. You must get around behind him and see what he has been looking at.

Read the heart and not the letter for the pen cannot draw near the good intent.

My radar, after all these years of sanity, is still off when it comes to what people do or don't mean.

The words that are coming out of my mouth and how I mean them, it's so much different.