Story Service Quotes

I prefer to bring these to the service of story rather than to let them replace narrative.

All I had, originally, were pages of Nolan's dialogue. I think his character serves the story in a nice way. He's a Greek chorus for the goings-on in the Hamptons.

I'm not going to do the story any service if my acting isn't strong.

I'm finding now more and more that nudity is so rarely serves the story in any film.

Style. People talk about it being stylish and beautiful, that's at the service of the story. Style for me means nothing without substance and there are moments and things about the film that are stylish but hopefully at the service of the story.

The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story.

You try to make them comfortable so they can do what they're best at, and make them shine. You always want to make an actor shine. I'm of the mind that there's no one - you, your mother, anyone, that if in the right place at the right time in the right context, couldn't shine in a movie. And so if it means, "Oh, I have to make them uncomfortable," then whatever it takes to get what I need up onscreen. It's all in the service of the story.

The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be.

When I finish a film, I want to feel drained. I want to feel like I couldn't have possibly done any more to service a character and a story.

I feel glamour has a legit place on the ramp and in the fashion world. In films, glamour has to service the story.

I prefer playing characters that are going through turmoil. Most movie characters are just in service to the story.