Emmett Shear Quotes

It's always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.

Kids ask me questions. You'd think after doing this for four years, I would have heard every single question anyone could think of to ask, but no, every time, they surprise me, they ask me something I never thought of before.

I'm always willing to talk to somebody if they have something to say that is interesting.

I strike up conversations all the time and it is very interesting, finding out about things I know nothing about.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's great. You should be praised for having opened the debate and having asked the right questions.

I try to ask the questions I think fans want to hear and just have a good, relaxed conversation.

I try to ask a question rather than give a speech.

I think making a documentary gets you out and about more, with people. With stand-up, you're talking at people. With documentaries you're talking with people, and you're listening a lot more.

What you look for as a reader is somebody who is going to take you and say, 'C'mon. Come into the story. I'm going to show you what there is to see.' The guide who is going to tell you, 'Pay attention over there,' or, 'Do you remember that other thing? Now watch!'

I have a natural curiosity about the world, and I just love to talk.

All you have to do to make something interesting is to look at it long enough.

I have always felt that the only great thing about an interview is the questions that are asked.

In the past, I've never tried to discount or stop what people are saying because on some levels I find it interesting.

I encourage people to ask whatever question you're most interested in hearing the answer to.

Whatever interests is interesting.

People love conversation, and movies are conversations, and an audience has to participate; it has to fill in some blanks.

One of the things with our show is posing a lot of questions, but getting a lot of answers too.

The appeal of writing is primarily the investigation of mystery.

I'm ready for conventions. You know what's interesting, the sort of questions that Lost raises are of a different sort from this movie. In other words, Lost is about figuring out the world of the show, whereas this one seems to raise questions about the world that we know. But I'm happy to entertain both.

When people talk to us about others they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves they are nearly always interesting.

I usually find that the process of discovery is more interesting than the answers.

In the word question, there is a beautiful word - quest. I love that word. We are all partners in a quest. The essential questions have no answers. You are my question, and I am yours - and then there is dialogue. The moment we have answers, there is no dialogue. Questions unite people.

Everybody is interesting when they are interested in something.

I love new questions.