“Honestly, as hard a profession as acting is, I think music is even harder. Acting, you're like a leech, because someone else does the hard part for you. They write it for you, then the director tells you what to do. You really just need to know how to pay attention, follow instructions.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsWritingDoeHardPayActingAttentionKnow HowDirectorsMusic IsHarderProfessionHonestlyPay AttentionInstructionLeeches Author:Michael Shannon
“I've worked with more than 50 directors and I've paid attention since day one. That's pretty much been my education, apart from studying art history and shooting with my own cameras. I've seen 50 different sets of mistakes and 50 different ways of achieving.” WayArtDifferentMy OwnAttentionMistakeStudyAchieveDirectorsPaidCamerasShootingDifferent WaysArt HistoryStudying Art Author:Tommy Lee Jones
“You can't see any movie nowadays really without it having some sort of CGI treatment, albeit whether it's a creature or an environment, something like that. To make a point, sort of poetically in that case, but clearly it was a drama and how do you approach it? Well, I think what you're supposed to do is what the text dictates. What you bring to it and everything you need to know should be there, and pay attention to your director.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsShouldWellsPayAttentionCasesEnvironmentDramaDirectorsCreaturesApproachPay AttentionTreatmentCgi Author:Brendan Fraser
“My goal as an actor, as an up-and-coming actor in this business is to stay consistent with the work, you know, and if you do good work, and stay focused on the work, writers and directors will pay attention.” IfsActorsGoalPayAttentionDirectorsFocusedPay AttentionConsistentGood WorkStay Focused Author:Michael K. Williams
“Even with revivals, I dont really pay attention to previous incarnations. I always just go with the script and with the director and am willing to treat it as brand new.” PayAttentionWillingDirectorsTreatsScriptsBrandsPay AttentionRevivalIncarnationBrand New Author:Kate Baldwin
“I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.” RealizingAttentionDirectorsHollywoodIndependentFilmmakerSensibilityContradictoryAttention SpanShort Attention Spans Author:Doug Liman
“To the documentary director the appearance of things and people is only superficial. It is the meaning behind the thing and the significance underlying the person that occupy his attention... Documentary approach to cinema differs from that of story-film not in its disregard for craftsman-ship, but in the purpose to which that craftsmanship is put. Documentary is a trade just as carpentry or pot-making. The pot-maker makes pots, and the documentarian documentaries.” PeoplePersonsStoriesFilmPurposeBehindsAttentionDirectorsApproachTradeAppearanceShipsCinemaSignificanceMakersPotSuperficialDocumentariesDisregardCraftsmanCraftsmanshipCarpentry Author:Paul Rotha