Acting is many things. Acting is playing lines, of course, but it's much more profound than that. Acting is truth-telling, and trying to find the truth in a human situation, which will be sketched out by a screenwriter with all the skill that a screenwriter can do; but in the end, that's just the map of the journey. The actor's job is to divine and embody the truth, and find it.
Paul GreengrassThat's one of the central challenges we face - how to stay true to events and compress the fundamentals.
Paul GreengrassMost of the films that I've written, made in my life, I've written. Not all, but most I would say.
Paul GreengrassThere's a script, then you're going to shoot the script and then you cut that and then that's the end of the film. And that's never really been how I've seen it.
Paul GreengrassRemembering is painful, it's difficult, but it can be inspiring and it can give wisdom.
Paul Greengrass