“The process of doing a play is an organic one and the process of doing a film is totally un-organic.” PlayFilmProcess Author:Kevin Spacey
“In film, movies schedules are based on three things: actors availabilities, when are sets being built, when you can rent the place youre going to film in.” FilmThreeActorsBuiltSchedulesThree ThingsAvailability Author:Kevin Spacey
“Storytelling helps us understand each other, translate the issues of our times, and the tools of theater and film can be powerful in helping young people to develop communication/collaboration skills, let alone improving their own confidence.” PeopleHelpingFilmYoungPowerfulIssuesCommunicationSkillsToolsTheaterStorytellingOur TimeCollaborationTranslateImproving Author:Kevin Spacey
“Theres no doubt that some of the greatest films ever made have come from the theater. Its all a matter of finding a way to make the theater experience watchable on film.” WayMadeMatterFilmDoubtFindingsTheaterNo Doubt Author:Kevin Spacey
“Theatre is organic, film is not. Theatre you come every day and you work with a group of people and you're are all up for it and you all get to do the whole thing every night, be it two hours or three hours. In film you work in two or three minute bits and it's never in chronological order and then someone takes that away and makes it look like it all happened, or that you gave that performance.” PeopleLooksTwoWholeFilmNightOrderThreeBitsHoursHappenedGroupsMinutesPerformancesTheatreEvery Night Author:Kevin Spacey
“I want to bring theatre to a new generation, using the tools available to us, including taking it out to them on film and with new technology, but that is just so they can discover theatre. I want them to come in and sit in a theatre. This is the way to plant seeds.” WayWantFilmTechnologyGenerationsToolsPlantIncludingAvailableSeedsTheatreNew TechnologyNew Generation Author:Kevin Spacey
“I have done films where we all thought the director didn't know what he was doing and it is going to be a gobble gobble turkey. And you go and watch it and it is great.” KnowsDoneFilmWatchesDirectorsTurkeys Author:Kevin Spacey
“I've done big studio films and the big studio films I've done, I've tried to do the interesting ones and the ones where I could live with myself in the morning.” DoneBigsFilmInterestingMorningStudios Author:Kevin Spacey
“Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller.” IfsWantedFilmCapacityYearningStoryteller Author:Kevin Spacey
“Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios.” ThinkingFilmStudiosScaryDriven Author:Kevin Spacey
“But I feel that I have a responsibility to help the film and I have relations with the studio and with those who put up the money so that I can tell a story that I believe in.” FeelsBelieveI CanHelpingStoriesFilmI BelieveResponsibilityRelationStudiosI Believe In Author:Kevin Spacey
“It takes stamina to get up like an athlete every single night, seven to eight performances a week, 20 weeks in a row. And there are many young performers who only learn their craft in the two minute bits it takes to film a scene. You never learn the arc of storytelling, the arc of a character that way.” WayTwoCharacterFilmYoungNightBitsWeekMinutesScenePerformancesSevenAthleteEightStorytellingGet UpCraftsPerformersArcsStamina Author:Kevin Spacey
“It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face.” IfsBelieveLooksPersonsFactsFilmFacesLevelsMysteryMissingStaringLensesThrillersMissing You Author:Kevin Spacey
“I'm a relatively ugly character who's done pretty damn well in film.” WellsDoneCharacterFilmUglyDamn Author:Kevin Spacey
“Secret Cinema has created a new way of experiencing film. The fusion of film and theatre allows for a much more powerful experience and adds an incredibly unique dimension for the audience. It certainly did for me. I was blown away” WayFilmPowerfulSecretAudienceUniqueAddTheatreCinemaDimensionsNew WaysFusionBlown Away Author:Kevin Spacey
“If you're watching a film on your television, is it no longer a film because you're not watching it in a theatre? If you watch a TV show on your iPad, is it no longer a TV show? The device and the length are irrelevant; the labels are useless, except perhaps to agents and managers and lawyers, who use these labels to conduct business deals.” IfsUseShowsFilmDealsWatchesTelevisionTvsTheatreLawyerAgentsManagersLabelsUselessLengthDevicesTv ShowsIrrelevantIpadsBusiness Deals Author:Kevin Spacey
