“When you hire great actors, you're lucky, so you just try to create an atmosphere where they can succeed and relax and take risks. You're happy that you get to watch them at the monitor and that your name is on the director's chair.” TryingActorsNamesWatchesRiskLuckySucceedDirectorsAtmosphereRelaxChairsGreat Actors Author:Ben Affleck
“I have my set rigged with the biggest sound system possible and have a mini jack for my iPod attached to my director's chair. I find playing music is a very direct way to communicate with actors and the crew, especially those crew members who are on the periphery of the set. I like dancing on set too, it's a good way to release tension.” WayActorsSoundDirectorsMembersMusic IsDirectDancingCommunicateReleaseTensionChairsCrewGood WayPlaying MusicIpodsRiggedPeripherySound Systems Author:Alfonso Cuaron
“One of the young production assistants (on 'Terminator: Salvation') stepped over to my chair and said, 'Mr. Ironside, are you any relation to the Ironside who was in 'Top Gun'?' And I said, 'I am, yes.' And she grinned and said, 'I knew it! Talent must run in your family!' And she walked away. And all of the producers and directors kind of looked at me uncertainly, and I said, 'What are you guys so uncomfortable for? That's an incredible compliment. I do look like the father of that guy, for Christ's sake!'” LooksKindSaidRunningYoungGuyFatherChristTalentDirectorsGunRelationSalvationIncrediblesSakeProductionsProducersOur FamilyUncomfortableChairsComplimentThat GuyAssistants Author:Michael Ironside
“Stepping out of the director's chair completely and into a scene as an actor was weird. It was more excitement about directing than anything, but I was on a high from being a director and enjoying that process so much that going back to being an actor was almost secondary because I really was loving directing.” ActorsProcessEnjoySceneDirectorsExcitementChairs Author:Eric Balfour
“Getting back in the directors chair - there's a sense of like doing something every year. It's not like riding a bike, you're always learning new things, you're gonna face new challenges and when you face new challenges you'll have an answer for them.” YearsFacesChallengesAnswersDirectorsChairsRidingNew ThingsBikeNew ChallengesAlways LearningLearning NewLearning New Things Author:Cary Fukunaga
“A guy friend I was speaking to said he was talking to a group of male producersand he was just shocked that they said, "But if we give women directors a job they're going to take jobs away from the men." I almost fell out of my chair. But when I encounter this kind of thing, what I try to do is give a chiropractic adjustment to the mind, quickly.” IfsMenGivingTryingMindKindSaidJobsGuyTalkingGroupsHe ManDirectorsMalesEncountersChairsThey SaidShockedAdjustmentChiropracticGuy Friend Author:Rose McGowan