“I get my flow from Daddy, my singing ability from Mommy, the camera stuff from both. That's just what happens when you hang out with the Smiths.” HappensStuffAbilitySingingFlowCamerasHanging OutDaddy Author:Willow Smith
“With directors, some have a kind of in-built ability to just know how to work with actors and get the best out of actors, and some don't have a clue about acting. I think it'd be a good idea if directors put themselves in front of the camera, or even went on a six-week drama course, just to know a little bit about what that feels like.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsKindLittlesIdeasCoursesActorsBitsAbilityActingKnow HowWeekFrontsDramaDirectorsSixLittle BitBuiltCamerasGood IdeasClue Author:Paddy Considine
“He [Charlie Chaplin] was always playing as if it were to the camera, if you've seen the live shots of him when he's going to an opening night or something like that. And the skills that he had were beyond my ability to throw together. You just couldn't really compete with him. He was too athletic at that.” IfsTogetherNightAbilitySkillsShotsCamerasOpeningAthleticCharlieChaplinOpening Night Author:Eddie Izzard
“I was terrified by this idea that I would lose the ability to enjoy and appreciate the sunset without having my camera on me, without tweeting it to my friends. It felt like technology should enable magic, not kill it.” ShouldIdeasFeltEnjoyLosesAbilityTechnologyMagicMy FriendsAppreciateCamerasSunsetTerrified Author:Shilo Shiv Suleman
“The camera has an uncanny ability to capture the world as it is, to seize events as they happen, and also to conjure visions of the future. But by the time the image reaches the eyes of the viewer, it belongs to the past, taking on the status of something retrieved.” WorldHappensEyePastAbilityVisionEventsCamerasCaptureViewersUncannyVisions Of The Future Author:A. O. Scott
“I ask my assistants if they're retarded all the time. When the camera is on you, of course, actors have the ability to make it real. For me, if I'm not talking, it is a problem. I have so much more respect for actors after being in front of the camera, and I realize that the hardest part is when you're not talking. Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.” IfsRealProblemCoursesActorsAsksRealizingAbilityActingTalkingFrontsListeningHarderCamerasHardestAssistantsNot TalkingRetarded Author:Brett Ratner
“I definitely prefer the single camera better. For me it's the simple fact that I enjoy working in front of an audience, but when you're trying to create a suspension of disbelief it's much harder to do in front of audience because they become a partner. Moreso than that, they become in charge of the timing. From the simple, mechanical fact that you have to hold for their laughter. The actual timing of the scene is in the hands of the audience. As a control freak, I don't enjoy that as much as the ability to be able to control it in an edit room.” TryingFactsHandsAbleEnjoySimpleAbilityRoomsAudienceFrontsSceneLaughterHarderCamerasPartnersFreakTimingDisbeliefEditsSuspensionControl FreakSuspension Of Disbelief Author:Jonathan Groff
“At some level, you've got to have the ability to - especially in film and in front of the camera, you got to have the ability to drop into character and close off the entire crew and the camera and everything else.” CharacterFilmAbilityLevelsFrontsCamerasCrew Author:Denis Leary
“You have to separate artistic ability from ethnic origin. Not only am I not black, I am also not a woman, therefore how can I direct women? I am also only 42, therefore how can I direct someone who's 60? So you see where the argument ends up? If you take it to its logical conclusion, I would have to walk around and point a video camera at myself. And who the hell is interested in that?” IfsEndsBlackAbilityWalksHellArgumentDirectCamerasVideoConclusionArtisticLogicalVideo CamerasArtistic Ability Author:Gavin Hood