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Last updated on April 22, 2025.
Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.
You can say to actors that you've got to be the character and really get into it, but you have to make it realistic by bringing an element of yourself into it.
As a driver, you always want to win every race, but as a car owner you know that isn't very realistic.
I grew up in the Midwest; you don't know any screenwriters. It didn't seem like a realistic career possibility.
As soon as anyone starts telling you to be "realistic," cross that person off your invitation list.
Every artist obviously wants to sell a million records and do the MTV cribs thing, but I'm realistic.
I wanted to join the Army when football failed. That was my only realistic form of making an honest living.
Most important to any fake story is a plausible, realistic edge with a satirical twist that is topical.
For me, couture is the kingdom of imagination, creativity and experimentation, and this is how I approach it. I do, however, remain pragmatic and realistic.
I'm a researcher, so I'm realistic that there's nothing I'm doing that's going to prevent me from getting cancer in the future. But I can slow it down.
I'm somewhat wary of being called 'woke' because it feels absolute in a way that I don't think is realistic.
Sadly, I think that 'Children of Men' has only become an increasingly relevant and realistic portrait of where we are in the world.
What I like about Kannada cinema is that the stories are realistic, but told in grand, larger-than-life fashion.
Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems.
It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time.
If someone tells you he is going to make a 'realistic decision', you immediately understand that he has resolved to do something bad.
In my opinion, there are two things that can absolutely not be carried to the screen: the realistic presentation of the sexual act and praying to God.
I've represented my country and played in the Premier League a long time so I am pretty realistic and confident in what I can bring.
I can work in films as long as the story doesn't have a realistic nature. If I'm working with an allegory, a fantasy, it can be developed in synthetic terms.
Realistic thinking is based on what others think is possible-but they are not you and have no way of knowing your potential and purposes
It's a good line to say we're going to get money out of politics. I don't know how realistic it is.
The survival of democracy depends on the ability of large numbers of people to make realistic choices in the light of adequate information.
You have to have a balance and understand that as much as you would like to have absolute control over everything, it's just not realistic.
One of my favorite authors to read is Eric Ambler, who helped pioneer the form of realistic suspense novels.
I have seen games on Xbox 360 and HD TV and I'm amazed at how realistic the players look.
Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.
To be realistic, the big Dutch clubs cannot afford me. That's not because of my wages; it's the transfer fee.
You have to do what the story demands, but inside of those constraints, I try to inject as much realistic physics as I'm allowed to.
When your mates break up with their boyfriends, it's hard to see, but not all relationships last forever. Let's be realistic.
Everyone will expect me to score in every game, which probably isn't realistic, but I'll go out trying to do that.
Wanting to play the guitar was neither a wild dream nor a realistic ambition. It was simply inevitable.
I had a very realistic expectation of the level of success that it was possible to attain writing romance novels.
We have to be realistic about what we can achieve in Afghanistan. The notion that the United States can build a Western-style democracy there is a myth
I'm sorry, I'm absolutely convinced that there is at the moment no realistic prospect for very much hope in human affairs.
Realistic optimism allows us to experience the best until we have to deal with the worst ... which often, never comes.
Kurt Cobain represents a very legit, realistic outlook. Before that, in my head, to be a white artist was to be privileged.
When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that they can't otherwise handle.
I wouldn't play the normal girl. I don't think that that's interesting or realistic, as far as how human beings really are.
I would not want to be a part sass-bahu sagas. These are not realistic, and it gets tough for me to relate to my role.
...That which they call abstract is the most realistic, because what is real is not the exterior but the idea, the essence of things.
The future has both gritty and savage and clean and 'techno-hip.' I think it's a very realistic point of view.
The majority of surveys throughout this Nation show that the American people are advocating for a comprehensive and realistic approach to immigration reform.
I agree with the many who consider freezing all sorts of weapons systems a first step in a realistic disarmament policy.
With realistic and deglamourised roles and live sound, the charisma of a star is not enough. Can you be many different people?
So often feminism is built up as this thing where you have to be perfect. You have to be consistent and you can't ever deviate. That's just not realistic.
Realistic non-commercial films offer you a lot more liberty as a director than a usual film.
There were some who wanted all the benefits of E.U. membership without any of the costs. I'm not sure that's very realistic.
I've kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff is more realistic than that.
Dream big dreams, but never forget that realistic short-term goals are the keys to your success.
Virtual sex, no matter how realistic, was really nothing but glorified, computer-assisted masturbation.
Hard work, careful planning, and realistic financial advice will be required by many to regain solvency.
I'm a hopeless romantic. I consider myself a realistic person who usually finds stories from real life people.
After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic.
Now, if you want to do realistic, kind of heavier acting stuff, you do it on Amazon or Netflix or whatever or HBO.
Without naming names, I think other movies look more realistic but they feel less real.
I think, at some point, I might have said it must be great to be as big as Elvis, but that wasn't a realistic dream.
With gritty action and realistic science, Peter Watts brings to life a dark and vivid world.
I waited far too long, being optimistic rather than realistic. I also failed to do my homework
Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try. ---in Good Housekeeping
I think the glamour industry, all over the world, does portray a version that is 'Photoshopped' - a picture that is not very realistic.
