But if Christians don’t get Jesus right, what chance is there that other people will bother much with him?
Realism: the wealth of detail guarantees the truth of the tale.
REALISM, n. The art of depicting nature as it is seem by toads. The charm suffusing a landscape painted by a mole, or a story written by a measuring-worm.
I always try to honor a character by being honest and truthful to who they are, in spite of my own personality and beliefs.
If there was no other proof of the infinite patience of God, a very good one could be found in His toleration of the pictures that are painted of Him.
My work has so much to do with reality that I wanted to have a corresponding rightness. That excludes painting in imitation.
To me, the responsibility of an actor is to recreate humanity honestly. I never feel like an actor, I always look at it from a blue collar perspective.
To paint things as they are requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy.
