“What a person feels within themselves and about themselves radiates from them. Trust me, I have worked with people - both men and women - who are not what most would consider conventionally attractive, but who exude such a magnetism about them that people are compelled to watch them on stage or screen.” PeopleMenFeelsPersonsWatchesStageMen And WomenScreensAttractiveCompelledTrust MeMagnetism Author:Amanda Schull
“Nicholas Hytner, who directed Center Stage, is a huge ballet fan. He was completely open, as was Bruce Beresford, to get our perspective. "No, we wouldn't do this. Yes, we would do that. That's not realistic." So, I feel like Center Stage did well in that respect.” FeelsWellsFansStageHugePerspectiveRealisticBalletCenter Stage Author:Amanda Schull
“Center Stage focused on the drive and what it's like to be a student, and this is what it's like to be an adult and what you need to give up in the pursuit of that passion and that focus.” NeedsGivingPassionFocusStageStudentsGiving UpAdultsFocusedPursuitCenter Stage Author:Amanda Schull
“Stage performance is obviously a much grander sort of depiction. The audience isn't right in your face as close as a camera lens gets.” FacesAudienceStagePerformancesCamerasYour FaceLensesDepictionCamera LensesStage Performance Author:Amanda Schull
“I think the idea of embodying the physical presence of a character is the same on stage and screen. There are just different levels of expression to keep in mind for each platform.” ThinkingMindIdeasDifferentCharacterLevelsStageExpressionScreensPlatformsDifferent Levels Author:Amanda Schull
“I love the process of creating a character; someone entirely different from myself, and depicting it, either on stage or screen.” DifferentCharacterProcessStageCreatingScreens Author:Amanda Schull
“Acting for screen is very different from acting on stage, and then obviously when you dance... everything is a physical embodiment. But the discipline is the same approach. You have to take both things seriously; nothing well-crafted is by mistake.” MindWellsDifferentPhilosophyBodyActingMistakePsychologyStageDisciplineApproachMedicineScreensSensesEmbodimentSoma Author:Amanda Schull
