A Quote by Darin Strauss

Characters stretching their legs in some calm haven generally don't make for interesting protagonists.

Darin Strauss

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Calm Characters Generally Interesting Legs Make Protagonists Some Stretching

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Darin Strauss
American - Writer
Born: March 1, 1970

Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the whole world of the film becomes enriched. It's not the size of the thing, but the detail.

Brendan Gleeson

I like when people question if the characters are really villains or protagonists. These types are very interesting to write about.

Jack Higgins

Generally speaking, I love a workout that includes stretching and toning exercises for legs and core on the mat paired with ballet-inspired cardio and Barre exercises to get the heart rate up and take the results to the next level.

Mary Helen Bowers

I think knowing where you can generally fit is important, but the fun thing about being an actor is sometimes stretching beyond that stereotype and stretching beyond the box that people put you in.

Laura Osnes

Generally, the bigger the budget, the less interesting the characters become.

Matt Damon

No - I'm quite calm inside during the game for most of the time - not 100%, but generally very calm.

Vladimir Kramnik

See me, how calm I am. Ay, people are generally calm at the misfortunes of others.

Oliver Goldsmith

The most important thing in the job is to make movies about women where they are characters that have consequences in the story. They can be villains, they can be protagonists, I don't care but their movements, their actions what they do in the plot has to actually matter.

Amy Pascal

You make films whether they're dramas or comedies about neurotic people. Flawed people. Interesting personality traits. To make them about calm, stable untroubled people isn't interesting.

Woody Allen

I have always liked family-type dramas; I just think the dynamics in families make for some really interesting characters.

Gina Bellman

There are some characters in 'The Names' who are very much heroes and others who can only be called villains. But generally, as we get to know them, we see most of the characters are, or at least become, quite nuanced.

Peter Milligan

Protagonists traditionally are active characters.

Lulu Wang

At some point I go back on the sand to get my sand legs. Because it takes a good month for my legs to catch up with everything, with the displacement and all that stuff. So right now we're training on the beach six days a week for practice, and that's generally about two and a half hours. And then I'm doing pilates three times a week.

Kerri Walsh

Speaking generally, I think it's useful to acknowledge explicitly the power imbalance between a journalist and the protagonists in a story about poor people, even to make that imbalance part of the story - and to redress it, narratively, where you can.