Richard Dormer

I think the benefit of being a writer is that I'm looking for the subtext on the page, because all good writing has subtext. And as a writer, you look at the big scope of things, the big story, rather than just your individual story line, because I think it's important to know what you're in and how you fit into it.

Irish Actor

Kim Gordon

I don't even know if I always entirely get what I'm trying to say right away with lyrics. I like a lot of things that are more subtext. I grew up mishearing lyrics my whole life, but somehow there's so much more, too, that's implied in vocal delivery and the music itself and the gestural quality of it.

American Musician

John de Lancie

The way you can see what an actor brings to a role is you turn the sound off. Everything else becomes subtext, the wink and the nod, and the attitude and all that kind of stuff is a little easier to see with the sound off.

American Actor

Shane Carruth

I am obsessed with story. I had a late awakening in life. In college was the first time that I understood what you could do with a story and what a good novel is - literary value and subtext and irony and everything.

American Writer

Roseanne Barr

When I used to watch comedians with my dad, he laid it all out for me. He wanted to be a comedian himself, and he was so funny. We'd watch stand-up on TV, and he'd tell me the subtext of what they were saying.

American Actress

Steve Erickson

When people start yammering about artistic responsibility, artists become wary. The subtext of such talk is that the arts need to be regulated, which is to say censored.

American Novelist

Clive Owen

I think I am more attracted to characters with a subtext, whatever that is and they don't necessarily have to be virtuous, but they have to at least be human.

English Actor

Tony Scott

If you look at my body of work, there's always a dark side to my characters. They've always got a skeleton in the closet; they've always got a subtext.

British Director

Oscar Isaac

With Shakespeare, there's no subtext; you're speaking exactly what you're thinking constantly.

Guatemalan Actor

Gary Oldman

Shakespeare doesn't really write subtext, you play the subtext.

Look for what's not being said directly but suggested or hinted at when identifying subtext.

Hidden Messages

When you read or hear something, consider the context and background to understand the subtext.

Reading Between Lines

Subtext can often be found in a character's actions, silences, or decisions, not just in dialogue.

Not Just Words

Always think about deeper meanings behind the story to grasp the underlying subtext.

Beyond the Surface

Consider the author's life and views to unveil subtext in their writing.

Author's Perspective

Place the piece of work within its historical context to better understand its subtext.

Historical Context

 rather than really trying to learn something of significance and importance so it's no wonder that a lot of our students would be tuning out of class you see this this is a big problem around America right now that students are facebooking through their classes but there's another I think subtext to this when you see students facebooking in your classes there's another message

The Future of...

 and is often referenced at anti-war gatherings around the world. Hundreds of viewers have grappled with its harsh imagery, shattering symbolism and complex political messaging. But even without a close understanding of it’s complicated subtext,

Why is this painting so...

 Alt-facts have that quality. However, one theme kept screaming at me through the subtext of those arguments, and that was, why should I be hated for who I cannot help but be?