A good horror film is something that taps into something absolutely truthful about us - about what we want, about what we're terrified of - and brings that to life on screen in such a way that we can get close enough to that character to let our defenses down and want them to be safe.
The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22
I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.
Nobody is more truthful when he's acting than De Niro.
You be as truthful as you can to a specific situation, and it will become universal.
Kids are truthful by nature.
TRUTHFUL, adj. Dumb and illiterate.
When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. And characters in plays are almost never 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. What exactly do teachers even mean by these words? A more useful question is: What is the story the actor was telling in their work? An actor is always telling a story. We all are telling stories, all the time. Story: that is what it is all about.
Everything I say is 95% truthful.
Credulity is perhaps a weakness almost inseparable from eminently truthful characters.