Preconceptions Quotes

I really like acting in French. It's actually quite different for me, from acting in English. It's fun acting in a foreign language. You're liberated or freed from preconceptions.
Kristin Scott Thomas

Fun, Different, Acting

We want the facts to fit the preconceptions. When they don't it is easier to ignore the facts than to change the preconceptions.
Jessamyn West

Change, Ignore, Facts

I've never been a fan of directors who clutter a piece with all sorts of crazy preconceptions or weird ideas.
Dan Stevens

Crazy, Weird, Ideas

The purpose of making people feel uncomfortable is to play with their preconceptions.
Mike White

Play, Purpose, Making

The idea of telling a story in reverse destabilises your ordinary moral reactions. That's one of the points of art - to challenge your preconceptions.
Vincent Cassel

Art, Challenge, Moral

People have all these preconceptions about me. Whereas if you look at the roles, Henry Hill was the nicest guy in 'Goodfellas!' I was a nice guy too in the comedy 'Heartbreakers.' And I was a really sweet father to Johnny Depp in 'Blow!'
Ray Liotta

Nice, Father, Sweet

I've covered Avril Lavigne. I like good pop songs, and I don't think there should be any kind of preconceptions about where good pop songs come from.
Ben Gibbard

Good, Songs, Pop

SF has at least the advantage of not depending on preconceptions.
John Sladek

Advantage, Depending, Sf

Specifically, we talked about making the character of the prince not so charming, at least in the beginning, and I'm playing around with the preconceptions attached to a character. That's really what intrigued me as well because I thought it would be fun to do it.
Hugh Dancy

Fun, Character, Thought

When you research someone, you actually get beyond your own preconceptions and become aware of the human being other than the image. You become empathetic and sympathetic in turn.
Jim Broadbent

Someone, Human, Become

All I want is for people to listen to it with unbiased ears, and decide for themselves. I just don't want them to be dictated to by the media, or have preconceptions about it. If you like it, great. If you don't, fair enough.
Melanie Chisholm

Great, Enough, Themselves

You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it.
Cecil Taylor

Music, Whatever, Interested

With any work worth its salt, you have to trust the author enough to take its measure. And if you apply too many preconceptions, you are not taking its measure.
Art Spiegelman

Work, Trust, Enough

People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.
Lesley Nicol

Science progresses best when observations force us to alter our preconceptions.
Vera Rubin

Best, Science, Force

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