She was good at playing abstract confusion in the same way that a midget is good at being short.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It was better to be known as the kid who could draw than as the short kid.
As I wrote, I found that Aibileen had some things to say that really weren't in her character. She was older, soft-spoken, and she started showing some attitude.
If I prepare myself for a character, for a role, I always try to understand her.
A successful person isn't necessarily better than her less successful peers at solving problems; her pattern-recognition facilities have just learned what problems are worth solving.
I enjoyed playing someone who is a professional, intelligent, defined by her work and not her role as a wife or mother.
My wife thinks she's better than me at puzzles. I haven't given in on that one yet.
I could never write a book where the point-of-view character was a short person, because I just can't imagine what that's like.
In play, a child is always above his average age, above his daily behavior; in play, it is as though he were a head taller than himself.
If you want to learn the true nature of a child you have to watch how she plays. If you want to learn the true nature of an adult you have to watch how she does her job.
She was short on intellect, but long on shape.