I like people to be surprised by the turn of events. I don`t want things just to be pat and formulaic. If there`s some sort of internal combustion in the character or a desire to change the way things are going, that makes for conflict, which is the essen...
Miranda Richardson
On "women`s pictures": "Most women`s pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men`s pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down. I cry too, maybe three times a week, but it`s not in cl...
Frances McDormand
Most women`s pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men`s pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.
Frances McDormand
It`s more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren`t formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who`ve told American stories that were personal and universal as well.
Cameron Crowe
It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one`s own creativity - that`s a much tougher matter.
Brian Aldiss