Oren Peli

I feel like when you do things with such a small budget, it actually makes you be more creative... and allows you to concentrate more on the story and the characters. I think that there is something about dirty, gritty and raw filmmaking that makes it feel a little more natural and makes it easier to connect with the action.

Israeli Producer

Jesse Itzler

The concept of getting out of my routine, mixing it up, and pushing myself to live the grittiest life is something I try to incorporate every day.

American Businessman

Jessica Brown Findlay

I'm hungry for a cold and mean character. I'd love it if someone thought I could play gritty. I want to play a baddie - someone really scary.

English Actress

Frank Ocean

I wrote 'Channel Orange' in two weeks. The end product wasn't always that gritty, real-life depiction of the real struggle that happened.

American Musician

Tee Grizzley

When people hear my music, they ain't really hearing about no shiny stuff, the glamorous life. They're going to hear that gritty, slum.

Emma Rigby

I love gritty drama. I'm passionate about films and drama that make you think - hard-hitting, gravelly characters.

Hyun Bin

During the past few years, I played men who led a gritty life. I wanted to do a lighter and less serious role.

Isobelle Carmody

The thing is, fairytales were once a very gritty way for people to dialogue about aspects of life.

Australian Writer

Michael Nutter

Philadelphians are a gritty, tough people who will help you when you're down.

American Politician

Jake Busey

I like showing the gritty truthful dark side of humanity.

American Actor

Imagine how something feels between your fingers to apply 'gritty' in textural descriptions.

Tactile Impression

'Gritty' suggests a surface is not smooth and has many small, rough particles.

Not Smooth

'Gritty' often implies a positive quality of someone enduring hardship bravely.

Admirable Quality

Use 'gritty' to describe someone persevering despite difficulties or setbacks.

Against Odds

'Gritty' doesn't only describe heroes; ordinary people in daily life can also be gritty.

Not Only Heroes

'Gritty' in films or books suggests a realistic, unfiltered view of tough situations.

Realistic Media

A 'gritty' scene can be emotionally intense and sometimes disturbing to watch or read.

Emotionally Tough

When 'gritty' describes media, expect a depiction far from glamorous or idealized life.

Not Glamorous

 with a stubborn form of gritty, realistic and determined optimism and do everything within our power to ensure that we shape the path as we come out of this pandemic towards a regenerative future. We can all decide that we will be hopeful beacons for humanity even if there are dark days ahead,

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 I asked thousands of high school juniors to take grit questionnaires, and then waited around more than a year to see who would graduate. Turns out that grittier kids were significantly more likely to graduate, even when I matched them on every characteristic I could measure,

Grit: the power of...

 absolutely super important uh one just at the end there and um i would also add on to that actually go to hydras and learn more about and get learn about them and about their dives go on a vr dive and um and just get to know the ocean get to know the nitty gritty science

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 I asked thousands of high school juniors to take grit questionnaires, and then waited around more than a year to see who would graduate. Turns out that grittier kids were significantly more likely to graduate, even when I matched them on every characteristic

The strongest predictor...

 Not today. Car stunts are another area where technology and engineering advances have made life easier for us, and safer. We can do bigger car stunts than ever before now. Being run over is never easy. That's an old-fashioned, hard, gritty, physical stunt.

Steve Truglia: A leap...

 with creativity and specification. You look good, you sound bad, this tastes good, the weather looks bad. Lie after lie, repeating this verbal gray, this sloshy mush, this fuzzy picture that reflects no real truth. Replace them with grittier, exact terms

The case against "good"...

 or some who have struggled with substance abuse or lived through violent or sexual trauma. So let me tell you about two of the grittiest people I've met. Tyrique was raised by a single mother, and then after high school, he fell in with the wrong crowd.

The boost students need...

 I'll wet this cloth. - Since this spring comes from deep underground, it's not likely to be contaminated by animal waste or flying insects carrying diseases, making it my best option for drinking. It's gritty water.

Finding Water in the...

 One hit comes up. "Three people were shot in the back of the head and confirmed dead on the scene." Something in me just knows. I fling out of my chair and faint onto the gritty hospital floor, wailing.

Islamophobia killed my...

 This is a full-on suffer fest. I was a gymnast for my entire childhood, leading up and through college. I'm a strong, motivated and gritty competitor.

Gritty

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