“I think Clint Eastwood is a well oiled machine. Everyone that works with him has the same reaction, "Can I stay with you?"” Quote by Matt Damon
“Maybe if we sit out for the next few years and let Clint Eastwood get a little experience, he's going to be a good director.” IfsYearsLittlesNextDirectorsGood Directors Author:Matt Damon
“Clint Eastwood enables and allows things to happen. You walk on some sets and it's like walking into an emergency room. It's like, "Come on guys, we're just making a movie here." That tension runs into the performances and into the movie.” HappensRunningGuyWalksRoomsWalkingPerformancesTensionEmergenciesEmergency Room Author:Matt Damon
“Clint Eastwood just runs an incredibly tight ship, but it's really laid back.” RunningShipsLaid Back Author:Matt Damon
“I get nervous before I conduct a concert, but then you just go out there and do it.” NervousConcerts Author:George Benjamin
“Concerts are dangerous because anything can happen - which is one of the joys as well.” WellsHappensJoyDangerousConcertsAnything Can Happen Author:George Benjamin
“The feelings of being in the audience and being on the podium are very far apart. When you're onstage and something goes wrong, you can do something about it. In the audience, you just have to sit there, and if it's a disastrous performance, I'm the one that gets blamed.” IfsFeelingsCan DoAudiencePerformancesCan Do Something Author:George Benjamin
“I began conducting when I was in school, around age 12, because I was writing little theater pieces and wanted to perform them. And then somehow I got started on it. I love doing it, but I have to ration myself very severely or I wouldn't get anything else done.” WritingLittlesDoneAgeWantedSchoolPiecesTheaterConductingRations Author:George Benjamin
“It it's true that fastidiousness and attention to detail is very much in my genes - if you knew my parents, you'd see that this is something I've inherited, only doubly so.” IfsParentAttentionDetailsGenesAttention To Detail Author:George Benjamin
“It's not only that I want to get things right when I'm composing but that my imagination often gets lost, and then I have to wait until I come back to the path. I think there's an internal force that makes a piece logical from beginning to end; I like to tell stories in music that are unexpected but also logical.” ThinkingWantEndsStoriesLostForceWaitingImaginationPathPiecesUnexpectedInternalsLogicalMy ImaginationComposing Author:George Benjamin
“When I lose direction, it becomes very hard to write. I actually get a physical pain, as if my subconscious knows better. That may sound mystical and pretentious, but it's true.” IfsKnowsWritingMayHardPainSoundLosesSubconsciousMysticalPretentiousPhysical Pain Author:George Benjamin