Silent Moments Quotes

It's a deliberate choice. I am a fervent supporter of the idea that you don't have to have wall-to-wall music in good films.

As much as movies are about the words that you're saying, they're also about what's not said, the silent moments.

Even in the most beautiful music there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of silence.

That's what the voices in your head are for, to get you through the silent parts.

Live for the moments you can't put into words

I love moments in film where there's no dialogue, and somebody communicates something with a look that kills you. That's why I love going to the cinema.

I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.

We sit for a few more moments, although there's really nothing left to say. This is new to me, too, an entire conversation that takes place in silence, because the heart has its own language. I will remember what Eric says even though he doesn't say a word. I will tell it to her.

There are times in history when the dark drums of God can barely be heard amid the noises of this world. Then it is only in moments of silence, which are rare and brief, that their beat can be faintly discerned. There are other times. These are the times when God is heard in rolling thunder, when the earth trembles and the treetops bend under the force of [God’s] voice. It is not given to men [and women] to make God speak. It is only given to them to live and to think in such a way that, if God’s thunder should come, they will not have stopped their ears.

Writing is the same as music. It’s in how you phrase it, how you hold back the note, bend it, shape it, then release it. And what you don’t play is as important as what you do say.

By diminishing the value of silence, publicity has also diminished that of language. The two are inseparable: knowing how to speak has always meant knowing how to keep silent, knowing that there are times when one should say nothing.

Representation is actually when the character doesn't have lines, but the camera is lingering on them in their thoughts after something happened, and then we get to see them walk to their car. You really need to follow a character in order to understand what they're going through.

But however happy you are feeling, you can't talk with your mouth full of snow.

Real action is in silent moments.

Sometimes, in the deepest moments, there are no words. There is only food.

It made me alive to the fact that the most important thing sometimes is what isn't said - to prepare for moments of revelation that can be read entirely on actors' faces without dialogue.

It was nice that there [ in the Bourne Ultimatum ] was a reference to the relationship . It's very subtle - it's actually without dialogue. I do think it's powerful even without words.

Yesterday, happiness came in suddenly, as it used to, and remained for a moment in the great, dark, silent drawing room.

It is difficult sharing and capturing so many years of memories and the people behind the words-and even though that guest book can speak volumes, in between, the pages remain so silent.

Film is really the one art form that can effectively use silence. Music and theater can play with silence, but they can't sustain silence without losing energy, whereas film can go into a silent mode and stay there for minutes at a time.

I am annoyed by individuals who are embarrassed by pauses in a conversation. To me, every conversational pause refreshes.

I love scenes with minimal dialogue.

I love watching people listen. And on film often some of the best moments if you think about favorite moments on film, often the person isn't even talking.

God has so arranged the chronometry of our spirits, that there shall be thousands of silent moments between the striking hours.