Home / Quotes / Quote by John Beresford Fowler

Quote by John Beresford Fowler

“Today there are hundreds of millions of mobile devices, but you do have to know a bit about what each device is capable of doing in order to approach it as a developer.”

Quote by John Beresford Fowler

Author

John Beresford Fowler

John Beresford Fowler, born on June 20, 1906, and died in 1977. His profession and category are unknown, and detailed information about his life and achievements is limited. more

You May Also Like

“It's very eclectic, the way one chooses subjects in the movie business, especially in the commercial movie business. You need to develop material yourself or material is presented to you as an assignment to direct.”

Way Needs Subjects Materials Direct Assignments Eclectic Movie Business

Author:John Frankenheimer

“A disk unbeknownst to the director can go to the producer in another city or in another office and that producer can edit behind the director's back much easier than in the old days. Since these dailies are now put on videotape, more kinds of people have access to dailies.”

People Kind Cities Behinds Easier Directors Office Access Producers Edits Old Days Disk

Author:John Frankenheimer

“And in Hollywood, you know, everyone is an expert. Most of them are expert editors. They can't direct, they can't write, they can't act, but, by God, they all think they can edit.”

Thinking Knows Writing Direct Hollywood Experts Editors Edits

Author:John Frankenheimer

“But I really am very active in the choice of the line producer with the producer of record and the distributing company, because I've had some terrible, terrible experiences with some line producers, particularly in cable.”

Choices Lines Company Records Terrible Active Producers Cables

Author:John Frankenheimer

“First, speaking for myself, I don't want to ever be in a position where I'm telling other directors how to make movies, because I don't think it's any of my business.”

Thinking Want Firsts Position Directors

Author:John Frankenheimer

“Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology that's continually trying to erode that.”

Trying Has Beens Facts Film Technology Creative Keys Directors Protect Elements Spite New Technology Erode

Author:John Frankenheimer

“I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.”

Author:John Frankenheimer

“I look at actors very closely. It's not an accident when the actors excel.”

Looks Actors Accidents

Author:John Frankenheimer

“I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie.”

People Mean Whole Film Ability Numbers Revolution Directors Importance Access Practicals Digital Standpoint Disk Digital Revolution Floppy Disks

Author:John Frankenheimer

“I really, really love directing films.”

Film Directing Film

Author:John Frankenheimer