Josh Trank Quotes

People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to.

What was important for 'Broken Bread' to do was show real life.

I make an effort to keep it as real as I possibly can.

We don't typically use music. We don't manipulate our audience into what we think it should feel. We tell the truth. That's 'Southland' Style'... and I love it!

It's the truth and people need to hear the truth.

I don't want happy-face conclusions. I want the truth.

When I look at material, I get excited by things that are telling the truth because that's what you want to do: tell somebody else's truth.

I've found that the more honest and true you are and can talk about a character and people's experiences, it's less ostracizing. It actually has the opposite effect than one would think. It makes the characters and the story more inclusive.

People like a bit of honesty in films.

Some books make us dream, others bring us face to face with reality, but what matters most to the author is the honesty with which a book is written.

The truth does not need to be defended.

One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.

OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?

I don't believe in dressing up reality. I don't believe in using makeup to make things look smoother.

No lies, just love.

Truth is a great flirt.

I generally only paint people I know, I'm not a flatterer really.

Well, the truth is always what should be told. And the truth and the knowledge of the truth is what everybody should represent, regardless of the consequences of doing it.

In order for me to get through all the red tape and just allow people to just get at my talent, I've got to set the record straight. And you can't set half the record straight; when you tell it, you've got to tell it all.

Let us begin by committing ourselves to the truth to see it like it is, and tell it like it is, to find the truth, to speak the truth, and to live the truth.

As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness.

I think it's very important for writers and artists generally to be witnesses to the world, and to be transparent. To let other people speak... to travel... to experience the world. And memorialize it.

I feel strongly that I need to try to make my shows as real as possible. What you see is what you get.

The thing about the truth is, not a lot of people can handle it.

If all I ever wrote about was inner city freaks, I think it would be dishonest.