Marti Noxon Quotes

You want to feel, 'I know that character.'

I have a lot of compassion for human beings in life experiences, so I allow myself to feel what these characters are feeling and don't have a problem accepting that.

As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place.

To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing.

I think I've been good at getting into lonely and troubled characters because, not to brag, but I'm the complete opposite in real life.

For me, being able to be vulnerable is difficult, but it's just something that I feel comfortable doing. I need to fully understand why, the thought-process behind the character and I have to believe it. That comes from a lot of preparation.

In addition to giving comfort and joy, art also has the miraculous ability to let us live in other men's skins, to test our perceptions and beliefs against theirs, and perhaps to be changed as a result. It does this by portraying the world creatively, heightening our perception and enriching our understanding of things as they are.

I think, for a long time, I didn't have people who understood where I was coming from. They were giving me advice on what would be good for them.

Good characters don't believe they're bad. As long as you as an actor believe in them and try to understand them, it's not hard to have empathy and sympathy.

Improvement begins with I.

I try to think what the character is thinking. Then, hopefully, I begin to feel it. I act and react not because I'm recalling a dog killed by a fire engine, but because I'm concentrating on what the character is going through.

Every time you think a negative thought, it's one step in the wrong direction, for me.

I sort of fall in love with every character I do; you have to understand how they became what they've become, whether they're the ugly kind or the very beautiful kinds of characters.

Sometimes I amaze even myself.

I'm so deeply interested in what it feels like to be other people that I get to operate under the illusion when I'm writing fiction that I'm not really revealing that much about myself. But, of course, I am, and I know that I am. And yet there's this sort of membrane that I get to work behind as I write my fiction, and I love it.

To really boost your sense of self-efficacy, think of ways you could modify your usual tasks to suit your personal style.

I like all my characters in one way or another, or at least I understand them.

Self-improvement is the name of the game, and your primary objective is to strengthen yourself, not to destroy an opponent.

The only one who can beat me is me.

I am my own mentor. I like to listen to myself to improve.

I am trying to impress myself. I have yet to do it.

I guess I'm just an open-hearted, fair, good person. I try to encourage people to be their best and look inside themselves and find out what they are passionate about and expand on that and enjoy life.

You have to remind people of their own struggles. It's a responsibility.

As a musician and a songwriter, it is an act of the ego to believe that other people might be interested in your point of view. But it is usually an empathetic nature that gets you going in the first place. Music keeps the heart porous in many ways.

I don't really think in terms of obstacles. My biggest obstacle is always myself.