A Quote by Dennis Quaid

I am very interest in the human condition. That is what I love about acting. I like studying different people and their psychosis. I like discovering what makes them tick. I always find that with any character I play. I need to find out what makes them tick.

Dennis Quaid

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Dennis Quaid
American - Actor
Born: April 9, 1954

I suppose one of the things that interest me about acting is unpicking what makes people tick and why they do what they do and what it means to be human.

Hattie Morahan

I don't think I'm a chameleon. I can feel where people are coming from, what makes them tick, where they are vulnerable, what makes them feel good about themselves. I get just as much out of it as they do. I love connecting.

Theo Epstein

When you study a character, when you're making a film, you want to understand the character: like, what makes them tick?

Valerie Faris

I love the communication aspect with my athletes. I like the one on one time with my athletes but really its about making them better athletes and finding out what makes them tick.

Robin Farina

I've spent a lot of time studying corporations and what makes them tick.

Tom Steyer

Money doesn't make me tick. This definition of success doesn't make me tick. Managing some of the biggest stars in the world doesn't make me tick. Making my family proud makes me tick.

Troy Carter

There is certainly a universal and unconscious propensity to impose a rhythm even when one hears a series of identical sounds at constant intervals... We tend to hear the sound of a digital clock, for example, as "tick-tock, tick-tock" - even though it is actually "tick tick, tick tick.

Oliver Sacks

I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!

Candy Crowley

Id love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!

Candy Crowley

Every character thinks differently, and every character has a different energy and way that they tick. But to find a character like Kai, who is so far that he doesn't even feel things, he is so different from me. That is the most exciting part.

Chris Wood

I'm interested in what makes people tick, how they think, what makes them behave the way they do.

Roland Orzabal

You never do find out what makes you tick, and after a while it's unimportant.

Norman Mailer

Grunge, like Nirvana and all that. Heavy metal, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Guns and Roses, drum and bass. I like to listen to it and try and break down what makes a fan of that music say 'Ah fuck that other music', do you get me? Trying to figure out what makes them tick, I always try and break that down with every piece of music. But the energy in that music, I love it.

Dizzee Rascal

I think acting and psychology are both looking at what makes human beings tick. I've always found that fascinating.

Courtney Gains

I feel like, whatever movie I was making, there would always be moments of human intimacy and insight into a little bit of what makes us tick as people.