There’s a bit more of a safe distance when you’re making a narrative movie, a bit more perspective. Audiences can separate themselves from the harsh reality of the facts a little bit more and think: ‘Okay, how do I consider this?’ – Tom McCarthy
Perhaps unscripted reality shows and written fiction have already blurred together into some new amalgamated mush, just as the line between commercials and programs has been trashed. – Tom Shales
There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen. – Sean O’Faolain
Too much of what is called ‘education’ is little more than an expensive isolation from reality. – Thomas Sowell
I tend to admire dead people more than the living. All too often, human reality diminishes the glowing reputation. – William Boyd
I’m 23 years old. I might just be my mother’s child, but in all reality, I’m everybody’s child. Nobody raised me; I was raised in this society. – Tupac Shakur
The reality is, I’ve started multiple companies, so actually I’m probably more of a product/creative person than I am sales. Although I can do both. – Tim Armstrong
The reality is that a person who has always struggled with numbers is unlikely to be a great accountant or statistician. – Tom Rath
‘American Idol’ is sometimes lumped with reality shows and it has that element – folks-next-door battling it out in a contest. But instead of fighting leeches, bugs, parasites and each other, as on CBS’s ‘Survivor’ and other shows that imitate it, the ‘American Idol’ contestants, of course, sing. – Tom Shales
We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today. – William Hague
I get so tired of people saying, ‘Oh, you only make fantasy films and this and that’, and I’m like, ‘Well no, fantasy is reality’, that’s what Lewis Carroll showed in his work. – Tim Burton
I finally admitted that obesity and diabetes were part of a life-threatening legacy – and I had to deal with that reality or die. – Stephen Furst
Scripture is the thing I like to share with people more than anything. My prayer reality is quite kooky. I have this very unique dialogue with the Lord. I utilize my own sort of street vocabulary – nothing slang that would be unacceptable. – Stephen Baldwin
All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination. – Wislawa Szymborska
I’ve always talked to players about perception and reality. I don’t worry about perception. There may be some of that, that people want to attach to a good name, but the reality is that some good things can happen. – Tony Dungy
True confidence is firmly planted in reality. To grow your confidence, it’s important to do an honest and accurate self-assessment of your abilities. If there are weaknesses in your skill set, make plans for strengthening these skills and find ways to minimize their negative impact. – Travis Bradberry
Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don’t think we can achieve something beyond what we’re qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams? – Simon Sinek
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality – the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. – Walter Bagehot
I think the best comedic actors don’t play it for comedy, they play it for reality. Then you find it funny because it’s real. Playing the genre is the worst thing you can do – it’s embarrassing. – Zooey Deschanel
I think that ‘Flesh and Bone’ represents the dance world very authentically. There’s always this aspect of drama put on top of it, and it’s showcasing the problems of the dance world, but I’ve had experiences in reality that were written into the show. – Sarah Hay
It is only hope which is real, and reality is a bitterness and a deceit. – William Makepeace Thackeray
The United States has made remarkable progress in reducing both teen pregnancy and racial and ethnic differences, but the reality is, too many American teens are still having babies. – Tom Frieden