The so-called incorrigibles were not the way people said they were. I found a lot of character in some of these people.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When you write, you hear the characters speaking to you as you take dictation from what they say. And obviously, they had particular personalities when you hear them.
I've never known anyone who was what he or she seemed; or at least, was only what he or she seemed. People carry worlds within them.
There's been very little writing about speech impediments, even though it's this huge psychological barrier.
Unless you are a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.
They place great stress on the clarity of our language for expressing nuances and showing subtleties.
Often you find the character through the things they say. How they talk about other people, how they describe themselves - which is very rare.
It's always the case, whenever you're doing someone real, how much you want to do an impression or a characterisation. If I was doing Churchill, or Gandhi - people know exactly how they talked, walked.
I have suffered from being misunderstood, but I would have suffered a hell of a lot more if I had been understood.
Often in the past, when we have had a deaf person in the spotlight, we have been portrayed badly. It was up to me to change that.
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