“Film, television, and working with a camera is such an intimate art form that if a camera is right on you, and I've got your face filling the screen, you have to be real. If you do anything that is fake, you're not going to get away with it, because the camera is right there, and the story is being told in a very real way.” IfsWayArtRealStoriesFilmFacesFormTelevisionCamerasScreensFakeIntimateGet AwayYour FaceBeing RealFilling Author:Paul Feig
“Handheld camera is approximating what we're seeing when we're looking at each other, and kind of looking around, and your eyes whipping around. It adds an immediacy, where you feel like you are watching something through your own eyes, standing there with them. And that just allows you to take more liberties and have more fun with people's behavior.” PeopleFeelsKindEyeFunLibertySeeingLike YouBehaviorStandingCamerasAddStanding ThereImmediacyWhipping Author:Paul Feig
“If some magic thing happens, and everybody goes completely nuts, and does something we never thought of, the cameras catch everything. That comes from having camera people who are almost like actors and writers themselves.” PeopleIfsDoeHappensActorsMagicCamerasThings HappenNuts Author:Paul Feig
“That's what I love about the mockumentary style, is the added thing of people knowing they are on-camera, which changes your behavior. That's why we sometimes do what we call spy shots.” PeopleSometimesKnowingStyleBehaviorShotsCamerasSpy Author:Paul Feig
“In my years of acting, the one thing I was never able to do convincingly was to laugh on camera. Fake-laugh.” YearsAbleActingLaughingOne ThingCamerasFake Author:Paul Feig
“I'm glad I took the leap away from acting into going behind the camera because it's much more satisfying - I love acting and I still do, but it's much more satisfying to be able to make the stuff.” StillsAbleStuffActingBehindsCamerasGladLeapSatisfying Author:Paul Feig
