“The core of a director is the person's tastes in what elements go together and how they go together. It's a puzzle.” Quote by Andre Øvredal
“To me, a film is like a piece of architecture. There are so many details that all, in the end, end up being one thing.” EndsFilmPiecesOne ThingDetailsArchitecture Author:Andre Øvredal
“If your taste goes wrong or you listen to other people's tastes too much, even though they could make a fantastic movie out of it with their own tastes, if they blend their tastes with mine, it's probably going to be a mess.” PeopleIfsToo MuchMinesTasteMessFantastic Author:Andre Øvredal
“To make a low-budget independent is not easy work.” EasyLowsIndependentBudgetsEasy Work Author:W. Earl Brown
“When you get out of college, you think, "I've learned all I need to learn."” ThinkingNeedsCollegeI've Learned Author:W. Earl Brown
“In the movie, you have to decide as an actor how you are going to give a character presence. You can't really move, walk, and talk like yourself. This creates something so you have to find something "other".” GivingCharacterMovingActorsWalksLike YouLike Yourself Author:Mark Strong
“Basically we're puppeteers and if you're there and you're in the character, the puppet is going to look good. It's going to breath life and I think once they find out how to trust this system, you just forget about it and just perform, then it's just second nature, it just becomes easy.” IfsThinkingLooksCharacterEasyForgetBreathsPuppetsPuppeteer Author:Andy Serkis
“That's what I think is the biggest challenge, is just being still and learning how to just be present in that stillness and not over do it, not over act.” ThinkingStillsChallengesStillnessJust Being Author:Andy Serkis
“When you start to do research into gorillas or any kind of apes, if you're going to play them, that's one of the biggest misconceptions. And when I did Kong, you're not doing gorilla movements, you're not doing ape movements, you're looking for a personality. It's like saying okay I'm going to do human movements.” IfsHumansKindPlayMovementPersonalityResearchOkayApesMisconceptionGorillas Author:Andy Serkis
“If you do your job right, no one realizes you did your job, and that's a good thing. You strive for that.” IfsJobsRealizingGood ThingsStrive Author:Rob Letterman
“If a handful of people look at the making of the film and realize, "Oh, my god!" It was so complicated. It was like doing quantum physics calculations every day while you're telling a joke. It was so insane! So, they can feel my pain.” PeopleIfsFeelsLooksPainFilmRealizingJokesComplicatedPhysicsInsaneQuantumHandfulCalculationsQuantum Physics Author:Rob Letterman