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• My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.

  Beau Bridges

  Character, Roles, Stories

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.

  Sharon Creech

  Writing, Stories, Want

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• I think that emotion and good stories can cross the times.

  Marion Cotillard

  Thinking, Stories, Emotion

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• I'm just trying to write a good story, strictly from imagination. People just think it's random, they don't see the rewriting, phrasing of characters, choosing the words, bringing the world to light in which the characters live in. That creates an illusion that this is real.

  Eric Jerome Dickey

  Real, Writing, Character

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• If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.

  Garret Dillahunt

  Fun, Trying, Stories

  "Garret Dillahunt Talks About the Challenge and Heightened Language of TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE" by Christina Radish, collider.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I just like a good story. I want the story to be good and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.

  Garret Dillahunt

  Character, Different, Stories

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• In the past, if you did film, you couldn't do stage, and if you did film, you certainly didn't do television. You had to pick what you wanted to be. Now it seems like we can bounce around, not only between genres, but between mediums, and I like that. I like change and I like a good story.

  Garret Dillahunt

  Past, Stories, Television

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Be unpredictable, be real, be interesting. Tell a good story.

  James Dashner

  Real, Interesting, Stories

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• It's hard enough to tell good stories about people who analyze information for a living. It's even harder to do a good show about people who think for a living.

  Henry Bromell

  Thinking, People, Stories

  "Rubicon executive producer Henry Bromell". Interview With Todd VanDerWerff, tv.avclub.com. October 15, 2010.

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• I want a body of work; I want a good story after a good story.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Stories, Body, Want

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• Audiences are harder to please if you're just giving them effects, but they're easy to please if it's a good story.

  Steven Spielberg

  Motivational, Giving, Directors

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• You try to pick good stories, and that's pretty much all the control you have as an actor.

  Michael Cera

  Trying, Stories, Actors

  Interview with Jennifer Hundley, www.askmen.com.

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• You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved because the movie is almost always bad when you do that.

  John Lee Hancock

  Stories, Messages, Involved

  "Interview: 'The Blind Side' Director John Lee Hancock". Interview with Michelle A. Vu, www.christianpost.com. March 19, 2010.

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• People still love a good story, and I don't think that will change.

  Bob Iger

  Thinking, People, Stories

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• I like good stories. Quality products and character are what's important. Even if the script isn't that strong, if I challenge myself with a great character, I'll go for it.

  Corin Nemec

  Strong, Character, Challenges

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• There is no Idea Dump, no Story Central, no Island of the Buried Bestsellers; good stories seem to come quite literally from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the empty sky.

  Stephen King

  Encouraging, Islands, Sky

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• You can take a handful of dollars, a good story, and people with passion and make a movie that will stand up against any $70 million movie.

  Jason Patric

  Passion, People, Dollars

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• There are a lot of good stories out there, but I haven't found too many great scripts.

  Ryan Phillippe

  Stories, Scripts, Found

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• In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.

  Garth Stein

  Found Objects, Documentaries, Stories

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• The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting. Then it's nice to add other levels underneath that people can pick up on.

  Jonathan Stroud

  Nice, Book, People

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• I was a better writer when I was teaching. I was constantly going over the basics and constantly reminding myself, as I reminded my students, what made a good story, a good poem.

  Gil Scott-Heron

  Teaching, Stories, Students

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• Good stories are driven by conflict, tension, and high stakes.

  William Landay

  Stories, Conflict, Driven

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• If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don't have conflict, it can't be a good story.

  Donald Miller

  Beautiful, Stories, Conflict

  "Q&A with Author Donald Miller". Relevant Interview, relevantmagazine.com. November 20, 2009.

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• I think that's a hallmark of a really good story that it has readers that it speaks to more than others.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Thinking, Stories, Speak

  "'The Night Circus' looks to enchant fans of 'Twilight' and 'Harry Potter'". Interview with Christian DuChateau, www.cnn.com. September 19, 2011.

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• I value humor, kindness, and the ability to tell a good story far more than money, status, or the kind of car someone drives.

  Rebecca Wells

  Kindness, Car, Stories

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