Unspoken Dialogue Quotes

We don't communicate in full sentences anyway. We don't need all those words.

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

For me really good acting is about subtext.

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

Out of evil comes good, however, and the confusion of tongues gave rise to 'the ancient practice of Masons conversing without the use of speech.'

A story is told as much by silence as by speech.

Your internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say. And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers and speaks volumes. It's always the unspoken word and what's happening behind someone's eyes that makes it so rich.

I'm obsessed with subtexts. I love that we often don't say what we feel. That gap between the two. I like it when actors reveal a lot without having to say it.

I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.

Filmmaking is not about what we see - it's a very misconceived notion; it's about what we don't see.

Improvisation has to do with exploring something like two brothers in a room together. You find out things about situations by discovering the things that they aren't saying. It's a way to explore scenes. Sometimes it's more useful than others, but it's always there to see if there's anything that you might improve.

Except...I do. Of course I do. Because as his hands gently cup my waist, I don't make a sound. As he swivels me around to face him, I don't make a sound. I don't need to. We're still talking. Every touch he makes, every imprint of his skin is like another word, another thought, a continuation of our conversation. And we're not done yet. Not yet.

I like it when you read a script and there's the part that you show to the other characters and then there's the part that only the audience knows.

What isn't said is as important as what is said.

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.

Anytime I feel like I am beginning to explain the plot or characters too much my stomach churns. I like stories that let the characters speak for themselves and don't give you all the information.

Silence is also conversation.

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

When you go to a movie, it's about what's not being said. I tried to bring that to Greg Sumner. It was always about what's not being said.

Silence is the unbearable repartee.

In dialogue scenes, my favorite moments are when people aren't talking because you can cut to the heart of the matter much more quickly, often with a look. People hide things in words. When you don't have words to hide things in, it becomes much more direct and much more immediate of a connection.

I'm an instinctive actor. I just see the part and play it. I'm more interested in what isn't said - the silences.

You can have a conversation with your eyes.

The greatest acting really is spoken without words, or at least I like to think that.

Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.