Scott Thompson Quotes

I don't judge my characters.

Well, for one, I don't judge my characters.

One of the great things that you should never do that I learned from John Malkovich is to never judge your characters.

I think it's so important when you're playing a character that you can't judge the person you're playing at all. It's a judgment-free zone. You have to just go for it.

Unless someone has walked in your shoes, you really can't judge. Everyone needs to make the best choice for their life.

So the point is, I don't have a right to tell anybody what's right or wrong about their lives. Who am I to tell you at any given moment of the day what would be right for you?

I think you translate emotion better when you take your hands off.

I felt there needed to be a show for teenagers that didn't make them feel judged. 'Skins' never tried to preach. It allowed young people to make their own decisions about what to do and whether it was right or wrong. Young people really respond to that, and that's what sets 'Skins' apart.

I'm not concerned that my stuff isn't extreme. I don't want to be heavy. I can't think of another attitude to have toward an audience than a hopeful and a positive one. And if that includes such unfashionable things as sentimentality, well, I can afford it.

I have no methods; all I do is accept people as they are.

I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have histories and thoughts and yearnings and hurts and misgivings and pleasures that don't belong to me.

Photographers tend to have the non-judgmental gene

It's not often that you get to play somebody that has absolutely no cynicism or is not judgmental in any way.

I meet a person as the person. I try to not give away who they are or who they're supposed to be.

I don't think anything should limit me. I don't think any industry should be disrespected or looked down upon.

You should live hoping you are going to offend people, because then you're doing something.

I don't judge my characters, and that's my job not to judge them.

It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate from your own experiences and make reasonable assumptions about how your characters would feel and act.

I judge people by their own principles..not by my own

I've worked really, really hard on myself to not be judgmental.

One gets started, and then, suddenly, one cannot remember what toothpaste they use . . . the moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him.

Writing fiction lets you be a little more emotional and unguarded, a little freer. Writing fictional characters is also really different from writing about real people. In nonfiction, you can only say so much about the people you interact with. After all, they're actual people, their version of their story trumps yours. In a novel, you can build a character, using certain parts or impressions of someone you know, and guessing or inventing others, without having to worry that your guesses or memories or inventions are wrong.

Refrain from being too judgmental. You'll often be surprised by what people have to offer.

For any artistic person who creates imaginary people, the art is like inhabiting the life and mind of a seven-year-old child with imaginary friends and imaginary events and imaginary grace and imaginary tragedy. Within that alternate universe, the characters do have quite a bit of free will. I know it's happening in my mind and my mind alone, but they seem to have their own ability to shape their destinies. So I'm not shooting for anything. If the characters are vulnerable it's simply because they're very human.

I can't - and won't - impose my beliefs on others, either verbally or otherwise. I'm not going to judge people.