As a director, I have to feel realism from actors, and they can't be plastic.
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Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable.
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Some of the poetic writers who insert passages of realism in their texts have no underlying philosophy to uphold them, and revert to realism.
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Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.
In all my books, I try to have a strong element of realism underlying the fantastic.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What's the throughline in these 'Realism' quotes?
Realism as both a demand and a limitation — directors insisting on it from actors, writers admitting it's simply the only mode they understand.
Why would someone search for quotes about realism?
It's a recurring debate in film, writing, and art more broadly — how much a work should mirror actual life versus stylize it.
Is there a quote about acting specifically?
Yes — a director says they need to feel realism from actors, adding flatly that performances can't be plastic.
Do any quotes criticize writers who lean on realism without a real philosophy?
One does, arguing that poetic writers who dip into realistic passages without real conviction behind them just end up falling back on it anyway.
Is realism treated as a strength or a weakness here?
Both — it's praised as necessary for dealing with reality, but also gently criticized as a fallback when a writer has nothing deeper to say.
One quote is sharper still, noting that poetic writers who lean on realistic passages without a real philosophy behind them just end up falling back on it anyway. See Art quotes for the wider debate on style versus truth.
