“Growing up, my sisters and I would always talk stories. One of my frustrations was I didn't know anything about cameras. I didn't know how to make a film and I obviously didn't have a special effects budget. I was a kid. So I was learning to draw to get down the stuff that was in my head, that I couldn't afford to actually do.” KnowsStoriesKidsFilmStuffKnow HowGrowing UpGrowingSpecialEffectsDrawsCamerasBudgetsFrustrationMy SisterSpecial Effects Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“I like to do stuff real and practical and in camera, as much as possible. I like old school filmmaking.” RealSchoolStuffCamerasPracticalsFilmmakingOld School Author:David Ayer
“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
“I decided to be a filmmaker between my sophomore and junior years at Morehouse. Before I left for the summer of 1977, my advisor told me I really had to declare a major when I came back, because I'd used all my electives in my first two years. I went back to New York and I couldn't find a job. There were none to be had. And that previous Christmas someone gave me a Super-8 camera, so I just started to shoot stuff.” YearsFirstsTwoJobsUsedLeftStuffNew YorkSummerMajorsDecidedCamerasFilmmakerTwo YearsJuniorsAdvisorsSophomoreJunior Year Author:Spike Lee
“My mind is in so many different places while we're shooting. Part of it is watching the performance, part of it is watching the camera, and part of it is thinking about the stuff that we have to get that day. It's always a pleasure watching, but you also take it for granted, when you're on the actual grind, making the show.” ThinkingMindDifferentShowsStuffPleasurePerformancesCamerasGrantedShootingGrindDifferent Place Author:Cary Fukunaga
“If I had not lived the life I had lived and did not have the wife I have and the children I have, I would never know how to play that role [of Dr. Bedsloe], and I wouldn't have any of those qualities. It's a real example of how it is true that the camera catches everything. Even the stuff you're trying to hide.” IfsKnowsTryingChildrenRealPlayStuffQualityRolesKnow HowWifeExampleCamerasDrs Author:Kurt Fuller
“Upgrade your user, not your product. Value is less about the stuff and more about the stuff the stuff enables. Don't build better cameras - build better photographers.” ValuesStuffProductsCamerasPhotographerUsers Author:Kathy Sierra
“You learn a lot about acting and being physical and being on stage, but there is technical stuff on camera that you can't learn until you do it.” StuffActingStageCameras Author:Finn Wittrock
“The biggest mistake I made was not having a full-time producer. I was securing locations and wardrobe and making sure people get called to show up on time and getting the film to the lab and getting the camera, and all this stuff that I'm happy to do, but if I'm doing every little thing, I'm not concentrating on my story. So it never gets any better than the script.” PeopleIfsLittlesMadeStoriesShowsFilmStuffMistakeCamerasScriptsProducersLittle ThingsLocationWardrobeLabsConcentratingBiggest Mistake Author:Shane Carruth
“The voice stuff is super fun and I get to be anyone, but on-camera, I get to go in with wardrobe and sets and stuff and be in an environment that's not normal, and I love that.” FunStuffVoiceEnvironmentNormalCamerasWardrobe Author:E.G. Daily
“I really enjoy behind the camera stuff and I'm a frustrated photographer myself and just love the camera. I love that side of it and that part of the filmmaking world and I enjoy developing things. It's an area that I'll continue to be more active in as time goes by.” WorldStuffEnjoySidesBehindsAreasCamerasPhotographerActiveDevelopingFilmmakingFrustratedTime Goes By Author:Eric Bana
“I used a video camera, and shot on film cameras at school and stuff, but I had a lot more training as a writer. I kind of live like a writer. I get up and I write. I've done that my whole life.” WritingKindDoneWholeSchoolFilmUsedStuffTrainingShotsCamerasWhole LifeVideoGet UpVideo Cameras Author:Noah Baumbach
“Obviously, my stuff has been more in the comedy realm, and I really believe that if I'm laughing behind the camera, then I think the film will be funnier.” IfsThinkingBelieveHas BeensFilmStuffBehindsLaughingComedyCamerasRealms Author:Will Packer
“I have an Honors Degree in Drama from the University of Alberta, but when it was done I knew a life in modern theatre was not for me. While figuring out what the hell I might do instead of theatre, I spent a couple of days on a horror film doing stunt work. I'd never been behind the camera before, and I loved everything about it. I joined the local film co-op - The Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta - because you could trade skills for experience. These indie filmmakers were making their own stuff their own way, all the time. Instant education.” WayArtDoneMightFilmStuffBehindsHellModernCoupleHonorDramaHorrorSkillsDegreesCamerasTradeUniversityTheatreLocalsVideoFilmmakerInstantHorror FilmAlberta Author:Karen Walton
“When it came to the on-camera TV stuff, I'd be standing next to the director, my friend, and he'd be asked a question that I should have been answering.” ShouldHas BeensNextStuffTvsDirectorsMy FriendsStandingShould HaveCamerasShould Have Been Author:Robert B. Weide
“If you're into writing and making people laugh, or just want to video blog something, you should get a simple digital video camera. And all computers now come with an easy video editing software program. Just mess around with that for a little bit, try to figure it out, then just put stuff online and have fun. Never give up!” PeopleIfsWantGivingShouldWritingTryingLittlesFunEasyStuffBitsSimpleLaughingFiguresGiving UpComputerLittle BitProgramCamerasVideoMessHaving FunDigitalOnlineSoftwareEditingNever Giving UpBlogsMaking People LaughVideo CamerasEditing SoftwareVideo Editing Author:Lucas Cruikshank
“I feel that instead of putting myself out in that light, I'd rather be on this side of the camera just to make sure that the movie, from my perspective as far as police procedures, is done properly. I got my daughters in it, that's good enough for me. Scott's got a way of talking me into things, and I told him I don't like the way he can talk me into stuff.” WayFeelsDoneEnoughLightStuffSidesTalkingPerspectiveDaughterPoliceCamerasMy DaughterGood EnoughProceduresWay Of Talking Author:Ralph Sarchie
“When I first started, I would go to Weist-Barron, and I studied with Rita Litton and ACTeen. For teenagers, it's a really, really great school. We did a lot of on-camera stuff, so you see yourself and what you do on camera.” FirstsSchoolStuffCamerasTeenagerReally GreatGreat Schools Author:Daniella Alonso
“There's so much stuff going on behind the cameras. Sometimes people think these things are done certain ways and when you watch that you see how hard and down and dirty it was.” PeopleThinkingWaySometimesHardDoneCertainStuffBehindsWatchesDown AndCamerasDirty Author:Fede Alvarez
“I will never lose anything that an audience will miss.I turned things that were scripted as effects into in-camera stuff, which is sexier.” StuffLosesAudienceEffectsMissingCameras Author:Adam Shankman
“There was a lot of stuff [in Rock of Ages] that had effects in it and I thought it was too smooth. I thought it would be sexier if it were in-camera cuts. So I did that.” IfsWould BeAgeStuffCuttingEffectsRocksCamerasSmooth Author:Adam Shankman
“Once we were on the set, we each did different kinds of work. I was doing more the technical stuff, the framing and the camera work, and she was working more with the actors. Marjane [Satrapi] and I don't stop speaking once we're on the set. We continue to talk. We define what our roles are going to be on set, because to have a snake with two heads is silly.” KindTwoDifferentActorsStuffRolesCamerasSillyDifferent KindsSnakesFramingTwo Heads Author:Vincent Paronnaud
“The way I photograph... in many ways it's directed by chance and all my mistakes, which are often the best stuff. I found that no matter if it's the same tape, the same TV, and the same camera, I can never duplicate an image... your arm jiggles, there's just too much chance. And I never put it on pause, or use any of that fancy equipment.” IfsWayI CanMatterUseFoundStuffChanceMistakeToo MuchTvsArmsCamerasPhotographFancyTapePausesEquipmentMy MistakesDuplicate Author:John Waters
“They took 3-D digital photographs of my entire body. I had to pose stark naked, assuming a kind of Spider-Man position. After a minute, one of the technicians pointed to my genitals and said, Um, we're not getting enough data there ... It wasn't what you think. It turns out that the fancy digital camera doesn't pick up dark areas too well, and they were having trouble because of the hair down there. I actually had to spray on this highlighter stuff. (On having digital photos taken for the invisible man role in the film Hollow Man)” ThinkingMenWellsKindSaidEnoughBodyFilmTurnsStuffDarkRolesTakenTroubleMinutesPositionHairPicksAreasCamerasAssumingPhotographInvisibleNakedDataFancyDigitalSpidersHollowStarksSpraySpider ManTechniciansDigital CamerasHollow Man Author:Kevin Bacon
“If I have an idea I want to put in a movie, I know what camera will make that look best, and I have ideas for future projects and stuff I'd like to build for those. I think it's just part of how I work, though.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantLooksIdeasStuffProjectsCameras Author:Evan Glodell
“Well, I tried being in front of the camera as a student and that was terrifying. But the press stuff about me growing up on his [film] sets has been exaggerated. I was an extra as a kid and I was also a PA [production assistant] on one of his movies, so I was lucky to get production experience. But I was nowhere near him.” WellsHas BeensKidsFilmStuffGrowing UpGrowingFrontsStudentsLuckyCamerasPressesProductionsExtrasAssistantsExaggeratedFilm Set Author:Nicole Holofcener
“"Dukes of Hazzard" or something you could, you know that, your work is going to be made up of that - episodic television shows. Not that I got many of them, but that was where I - but actually oddly enough though, they were teaching camera terminology at the same time in this acting class, so I actually was able to understand what rack focus and whip pan and all that stuff meant.” KnowsMadeEnoughShowsAbleStuffActingClassFocusTeachingTelevisionCamerasWhipsTelevision ShowsDukesRacksActing ClassesTerminologyDukes Of Hazzard Author:Quentin Tarantino
“I take my camera pretty much everywhere and try to get the most diverse photos possible, since I get to travel to all the greatest cities in the country and see iconic architecture and things like that. I also like racing photos - like motorcycles, cars, stuff like that.” TryingCountryStuffCitiesCarCamerasArchitectureRacingDiverseMotorcycleIconic Author:C. J. Wilson
“Mel [Gibson] could stage physical comedy and put the camera in such a way... I mean, we did some really funny stuff, and he had some great ideas about how to do it. It was a delight to work with him in that regard.” WayMeanIdeasStuffComedyStageRegardCamerasDelightGreat IdeaFunny StuffPhysical Comedy Author:Keith Carradine
“[Brad Furman] wants to try stuff, he's willing to try stuff. And he wants electricity on the camera. And that's what I want, I want electricity whenever I'm performing.” WantTryingStuffWillingCamerasPerformingElectricityBradWilling To Try Author:John Leguizamo
“It's a product of being an actor, you know? A lot of your work doesn't end up on camera and some of the best things aren't always in the final product. But yeah, a lot of my stuff got cut and it was painful, but I know it was for the better of the movie.” KnowsEndsActorsStuffCuttingProductsCamerasYeahFinalsPainfulBest Things Author:John Leguizamo
“There was a camera club at Columbia, where I was taking a painting course. And when I went down, somebody showed me how to use the stuff. That's all. I haven't done anything else since then, It was as simple as that. I fell into the business.” DoneUseCoursesStuffSimpleHavensPaintingCamerasClubsColumbia Author:Garry Winogrand
“Basically, if you shoot your own stuff, you can just pick up a camera and some wireless microphones, grab a couple of LEDs, and you're off and running. And if you don't shoot your own stuff, you can just grab one other person to do camera and you can learn how to do the sound, and you're off and running.” IfsPersonsRunningStuffSoundCouplePicksCamerasMicrophonesWireless Author:Ramona S. Diaz
“I always wondered, you know I watch "Cops" all the time - why doesn't a drug dealer design a trap door under their car? 'Cause cops don't have cameras under the cars, they get you for throwing stuff out the window! If you got a trap door under your car, boom! You would run over it. It would be genius.” IfsKnowsWould BeRunningCausesStuffWatchesDoorsCarDesignGeniusDrugWindowCamerasOver ItThrowingCopTrapsDealerDrug Dealers Author:Kellan Lutz
“We were very, very lucky [with Tim White filmed making historic discoveries in the East African Rift ] . In 100 years, only three skeletal remains [of early man] were ever found at this site. This was the third one, and we were right there when it happened. In fact, when I first heard they had found something, I said, "Please stop it! Don't do anything right now. Let's do it tomorrow until we have unpacked our cameras and assembled our stuff.” MenYearsFirstsSaidFactsThreeFoundStuffWhiteHappenedHeardTomorrowPleaseRight NowLuckyDiscoveryThirdsCamerasRemainsEastSiteHistoricRift Author:Werner Herzog
“If you are using a digital camera specifically for that reason you have in mind from the beginning, then yeah, it'll work. But like if you're just shooting a normal film and just kind of just shooting extra stuff because you can because you've got the memory space, it's a bit pointless.” IfsMindKindReasonFilmStuffBitsMemoriesSpaceNormalCamerasYeahShootingExtrasDigitalPointlessDigital Cameras Author:Robert Pattinson
“We have parties at my house. My girlfriends and I play our iPods, with all of our favorite songs. We pick our songs and jump up on the counter and dance, and do runway stuff, and we take video with my camera. When I'm with my girlfriends, I act like I'm 19.” InspirationalPlaySongHouseStuffPartyPicksCamerasDanceVideoGirlfriendMy GirlfriendIpodsRunwayFavorite Song Author:Avril Lavigne
“I'm not a photographer, so I didn't get into F-stops or ND filters or background, foreground, cross-light, all that stuff. But I was interested in the camera and the lenses. That's the world that I'm moving in, in terms of acting and giving a performance.” WorldGivingLightMovingStuffTermActingCrossesPerformancesCamerasPhotographerBackgroundsLensesFiltersMoving InForeground Author:Keanu Reeves
“Once I saw Paris Hilton leaving a restaurant in Hollywood and the paparazzi cameras were all over her. It looked so unpleasant. It wasn't because she didn't look sensational - she was that perfect combination of fashionable and slutty - it was because the paparazzi guys were shouting these insanely rude and intrusive questions at her. Like, asking her who she was sleeping with and stuff. I was kind of interested in the answer, so I was glad they asked, but it was still gross.” LooksKindStillsGuyStuffSleepAnswersPerfectSawsHollywoodAskingCamerasLeavingGladCombinationParisRestaurantsRudeGrossFashionableShoutingPaparazziSensationalPerfect Combination Book:Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition) Source: Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)
“I think it's good for an actor to bounce between stuff on camera and stuff in theatre. If I could do half and half every year I would be a very, very happy man.” IfsThinkingMenYearsWould BeActorsStuffHalfCamerasTheatreIf I CouldVery HappyBounceHappy Man Author:Richard Madden
“I get so worried about girls with body image stuff And I feel like I have been able to have a fun career and be an on-camera talent and be someone who has boyfriends and love interests and wears nice clothes and those kinds of things without having to be an emaciated stick. And it is possible to do it. In life, you don't have to be that way and you can have a great life, a fun life, and a fulfilling love life.” WayFeelsKindHas BeensBodyAbleGirlFunStuffInterestCareersNiceTalentClothesAnd LoveCamerasSticksWorriedLove LifeFulfillingBody ImageNice ClothesFun Life Author:Mindy Kaling
“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