“When your characters are not white hats or black hats but something in between, you do have to be very careful about your details. So, that takes a while. I'm not interested in white hats and black hats. I don't think that's how people are in real life.” PeopleThinkingRealCharacterBlackWhiteDetailsCarefulReal LifeHatsNot InterestedBlack Hats Author:Victor Levin
“You want to surround yourself with people who are as dedicated to their discipline as you are to yours and let them do what they do.” PeopleWantDisciplineSurroundDedicatedSurround YourselfSurround Yourself With People Author:Victor Levin
“Believe me, you can be in the middle of a beautiful take and the next thing you know you're awash in people crossing the street. You can't even find your actors.” PeopleKnowsBelieveBeautifulNextActorsStreetsMiddleBelieve In MeCrossingsCrossing The Street Author:Victor Levin
“The good thing about being in advertising was a lot of the skills cross over: you have to be accountable for your jokes; you have to tell a story quickly. It's the most expensive filmmaking foot-for-foot in the world, so it does teach you how to use all of the machines and how to think of things in terms of the physical process of capturing the images. And you have to sell your work. You have to walk into whatever it is and stand up in the middle of a conference room with a storyboard in your hand and make people laugh.” PeopleThinkingWorldTermTeachLaughingJokesGood ThingsAdvertisingOver YouFilmmakingMaking People Laugh Author:Victor Levin