"Your characters have to remain innocent of what your picture is after"
- Douglas Sirk
About this Quote
This quote by Douglas Sirk is a tip to filmmakers to ensure that their characters stay real to their own inspirations and beliefs, even if they remain in dispute with the general message of the movie. It is essential for filmmakers to bear in mind that their characters should not be used as a mouth piece for their own views, however rather need to be permitted to reveal their own viewpoints and beliefs. This quote is a pointer that the characters ought to be permitted to stay innocent of the filmmaker's intentions, and should be allowed to express their own thoughts and sensations. This enables a more genuine and credible story, as the characters are not just being used as a tool to convey the filmmaker's message. By allowing the characters to stay innocent of the filmmaker's intentions, the audience has the ability to connect with the characters on a much deeper level, as they are able to connect to the characters' struggles and motivations.
This quote is written / told by Douglas Sirk between April 26, 1897 and January 14, 1987. He/she was a famous Director from Germany.
The author also have 27 other quotes.
"A man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the world. It was a perfect act"
"Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them"
"Homer's whole language, the language in which he lived, the language that he breathed, because he never saw it, or certainly those who formed his tradition never saw it, in characters on the pages. It was all on the tongue and in the ear"
