Marti Noxon Quotes

Art imitates life. It's definitely helpful to feel that way. You feel that way when you're leading a show and you're on a set.

I just love to be able to actually build a character.

Acting is an imaginative leap, really, isn't it? And imaginations prosper in different circumstances.

Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.

The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors.

You know one of the things about going from modeling to acting is it's so much more fulfilling. With modeling, you get your picture taken, which is great, good for you, you know? But in acting, you're able to reach in and show a little bit more of yourself.

There's nothing more thrilling than watching great actors say things that you wrote and bring them to life.

I'm coming from the notion that acting is an art. It is not a business. It is about building characters, not about selling personalities.

With acting, it wouldn't be about money: it would be about taking my life experiences and using them to create art.

I wish to continue to essay roles that will help me find my place in the audience's hearts.

Seriously, my music really does help my acting, and, like, getting in and out of a character from a different lifestyle and writing a song about it. Likewise, my acting inspires the music because I can write a theme that I wouldn't necessarily approach at all in life.

As an actor, our very palette is one of imagination. So it is a walk onto an empty space and then imagine the world beyond it is what we do.

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

I started improvising the Cliff character, based on someone I grew up with.

'Little Fish' has reminded me why I fell in love with acting in the first place.

Characters don't belong to anyone, not even the person who plays them.

I find it easier to play someone who is so far from me because you create someone - you build this person based on the story and the script, with the director.

You know, working as an actor, I'm always working within my own imagination.

When I'm writing a song, I try to be the character.

I still love finding the soul of the characters I play and defining who they are. This to me is my paint set, and the colors are always exciting to choose.

To be a great actor you just need to comprehend, so that's why I became a writer.

Creating a role is an interesting thing - each show or each situation is different.

When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong in a psych ward, I don't think, but they become very real, like my own family, and then I have to say goodbye, close the door, and work on other things.

We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character.

I just didn't want to get bored playing a character, and that's kind of the benefit of doing films; you've lived with a character for four or five months and that's it, and you walk away from that character and you feel like you told a story.