“the things that people are typically afraid of are what I find most exciting and unpredictable, and I guess that's part of the problem is people don't want something unpredictable wasting their time while the cameras are rolling, where to me that's by far the most interesting part.” PeopleWantProblemInterestingExcitingCamerasRollingUnpredictableWant SomethingMost Interesting Author:David Gordon Green
“It's nice to not feel like you're just re-enacting a preconceived moment, but there's room for an organic feeling to develop while the camera is rolling. Even amidst these enormous technical productions, Chris [ Nolan] always prioritized making sure that sort of spontaneous and organic feeling could happen at the moment.” FeelsMomentsFeelingsHappensRoomsNiceLike YouCamerasProductionsEnormousRollingSpontaneousNolan Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“I'm not someone who enjoys long talks, long rehearsals. I'm very technical: I tell my actors, you come in, you sit down, you pick up a coffee, you look here, you say the line. We try it with the cameras rolling, and if it doesn't work, we adjust it until it does. It's very simple.” IfsTryingLooksLongDoeActorsEnjoyLinesSimplePicksCamerasCoffeeRollingRehearsal Author:Michael Haneke
“I'm such a believer in going to set, even when you're not work because I think the best things to be learned, you don't necessarily get from your own scene or from someone speaking to you and telling you advice. I think it's all about watching and just taking it all in. It's not even when the cameras are rolling, necessarily. You can see how they interact with the rest of the crew, and how they deal with being a character and then being themselves.” ThinkingCharacterDealsAdviceSceneCamerasBelieverBest ThingsRollingCrew Author:Lily Collins
“In the theater there are 1,500 cameras rolling at the same time - in the cinema, only one.” TheaterCamerasCinemaRolling Author:Orson Welles
“I've always loved, as an Aussie, comedy is part of my life. My friends and I are always ribbing each other and that's how we get through the days. When it comes to cameras rolling and getting that timing right, the only way to do it and do it well is to throw yourself into it.” WayWellsComedyMy FriendsCamerasTimingRollingAussies Author:Alex O'Loughlin
“For the most part, improvising while cameras are rolling is very difficult. 99% of people you should never ask to do that, because they're under pressure, the clock is running, 80 people are staring at you...it's always unnatural.” PeopleShouldRunningAsksDifficultPressureCamerasClockStaringRollingUnnaturalUnder PressureImprovisingStaring At You Author:Albert Brooks
“Improvisation, for me, is when the cameras start rolling, we don't know where we're going and let's just waste people's time and money.” PeopleKnowsWasteCamerasRollingImprovisationTime And Money Author:Jason Bateman
“Part of being an actor is almost self-hypnosis during those brief moments when the cameras are rolling. You want to actually believe you're Chris Gardner or Muhammad Ali.” WantBelieveSelfMomentsActorsCamerasRollingMuhammadHypnosisBrief Moments Author:Will Smith
“You don't know if the actors are going to have chemistry until you actually start filming. They can get along, they can be friends for years, they can be hilarious as people, but you don't know if it'll actually work until the cameras start rolling.” PeopleIfsKnowsYearsActorsCamerasChemistryRolling Author:Anne Fletcher
“I've dealt with a few method actors, and I don't know if should say this, but I think it's a bunch of nonsense. I think it's film acting and you just have to be on when the camera is rolling.” IfsThinkingKnowsShouldFilmActorsActingCamerasMethodBunchNonsenseRollingFilm Acting Author:Natalie Portman
“I never go to the monitor. I just look at the camera monitor and my favorite part of all of the directing, except for the writing and editing of it, is right when we're rolling and they do lines and I'll say "Try this, try this, try this."” WritingTryingLooksLinesCamerasMy FavoriteRollingEditing Author:Will Gluck
“It was my second show as a writer, and Justin Timberlake was just coming off boy-band stardom. People were rolling their eyes, but I used to watch the Mickey Mouse Club, and I knew all those kids were talented as hell. Justin was as comfortable on camera in that first episode as any of our cast members.” PeopleFirstsShowsEyeKidsUsedBoysWatchesHellBandMembersComfortableCamerasCastsClubsEpisodesRollingMiceJustinMickeyStardomBoy BandsCast Members Author:Jason Sudeikis
“I try and shoot as often as I can, I cross shoot. I have at least two cameras rolling at the same time. So I'll have two actors or two sets of actors at a time so everybody's basically on camera. So when they improvise we have everybody's coverage. And you can then go in the editing room and find the energy still stays there.” TryingStillsTwoActorsEnergyRoomsCrossesCamerasRollingEditingCoverage Author:Denis Leary
“Once the cameras rolling or the audience is in the seats, I'm on. I can't help it. I go into a trance.” I CanHelpingAudienceCamerasSeatsRollingTrance Author:Wayne White
“Buddy Hackett [was] talking - this is Hackett, not me - about the Virgin Mary, a limerick sort of thing, and all these children and families ... the look of absolute horror. He's going on and on and on, and finally he stops. It's just total horror, and the camera's still rolling. You can hear it, sort of a grinding noise. And the director says, "Anything else, Bud?"” LooksChildrenStillsTalkingHorrorDirectorsAbsolutesCamerasNoiseMaryRollingSay AnythingVirginsBuddyBudVirgin MaryLimerick Author:Bill Murray
“At my Rolling Stones' tour, the camera was a protection. I used it in a Zen way.” WayUsedStonesCamerasProtectionRollingRolling Stones Author:Annie Leibovitz
“You know, when cameras are rolling, improvisation doesn't feel natural. The pressure is too great. You're on a time schedule. You've got 60 crewmen.” KnowsFeelsNaturalPressureCamerasRollingSchedulesImprovisation Author:Albert Brooks
“It's amazing I won. I was running against peace, prosperity, and incumbency." —George W. Bush, June 14, 2001, speaking to Swedish Prime Minister Goran Perrson, unaware that a live television camera was still rolling.” StillsRunningTelevisionCamerasProsperityMinistersPrimeRollingPrime MinisterJuneSwedishLive TelevisionIncumbency Author:George W. Bush
“It's easier to do an action scene than a love scene. I love fighting. When the camera's not rolling, I'll usually punch some of the actors, just for fun.” ActionFightingActorsFunEasierSceneCamerasRollingJust For Fun Author:Jessica Chastain
“Youll never see a good performance out of me, in terms of a character, when the camera isnt rolling.” CharacterTermPerformancesCamerasRolling Author:Brendan Fehr
“In the editing room, 20 percent of the time you're using stuff from before the actor knew the camera was rolling or you're taking a line from somewhere else and putting it in his mouth.” ActorsStuffLinesRoomsMouthsPercentCamerasRollingEditingSomewhere Else Author:Campbell Scott