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“What makes God laugh is people who make plans.”

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Nicolas Roeg is a British film director known for his innovative visual style and contributions to the art of storytelling. His films often blend surrealism with narrative techniques, having a profound impact on the film industry. more

“Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre. It's a completely different discipline, it exists on its own. I would say that the beauty of it is it's not the theatre, it's not done over again. It's done in bits and pieces. Things are happening which you can't get again. I forbid anyone to say "Cut", the soundman, the operator, or whatever.”

Book Different Done Film Cutting Discipline Theatre Bits And Pieces

Author:Nicolas Roeg

“The whole time I was writing, I had to fight my normal inclination to be funny, to sort of patch humor in, in order to convey all of the disruptions of the disease to the family dynamic, the loss of individuality, the impact on professional life, and the sanity of the main character. Of course, that's not to say it never sneaks in; there's some black comedy in there, like when he shows up to court wearing a bicycle helmet and won't take it off.”

Writing Character Fighting Black Loss Comedy Individuality Sanity Bicycle Sneak Helmet

Author:Joshua Ferris

“There were times where I felt I was pressing a little bit too hard with the humor, and I had to pull back, because the overriding concern of the book was to create this disease that had no cure and make you pay attention to every emotional stage of what happens.”

Book Attention Emotional Concern Pay Attention

Author:Joshua Ferris

“What I've observed is that television in the last decade has increased to something that's almost unrecognizable. They are feature films. That's a huge shift, and it's something the audience expects. They still may want to watch their half-hour sitcom, but when they watch scripted drama, they expect the standard.”

Film Audience Drama Sitcom

Author:John Noble

“A TV show is an open universe, whereas a film is more of a closed universe. No disrespect to movies, there's just a lot of artifice in closing out emotional storylines after 90 minutes.”

Film Universe Emotional Disrespect

Author:Mark Duplass

“Our brains will destroy ourselves if we don't put it outward.”

Brain

Author:Jay Duplass

“To be a good actor you really have to want to act first.”

Author:Anthony Edwards

“I got divorced, which was not a good thing for a revivalist minister. It did not go down well. I'd already been banned from a couple churches for my jokes. So one day I woke up and decided it was time to start living for myself.”

Wells Church Couple One Day Jokes Decided Good Things Ministers Divorced Banned

Author:Sam Kinison

“The model is just one element of the photograph. There's also the location, the light - all that junk. It helps if the girl is really good-looking, but a girl can be not super good-looking and it'd still be a really good photograph. I ask people to send some photos of where they live if that's where I'm shooting. I go for shabby places over too-nice places, because most of these girls are going to look better if they're not made to look rich.”

People Helping Girl Rich Photograph

Author:Richard Kern

“I think a lot of times photo sessions is just a test, maybe, for models. Sometimes it's for money. I'm going to shoot a girl in a couple weeks in Italy who has been writing me for a couple years. She sends photos all the time and it's kind of like a game. A lot of times people write and then they just want to see if I'm interested. If I say I am, I never hear from them again.”

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Author:Richard Kern

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