“You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is.” MenLongMadeRememberNamesStarsLosesGoneTalentDirectorsSilentFinishedScreensProducersTitlesGreat Talent Author:Ernst Lubitsch
“Sometimes directors may not give you words, you know? They may not talk at all! You've just got to use your radar to figure out how you can get to the center and not lose yourself, but still be directed at the same time.” KnowsGivingMayStillsSometimesUseLosesFiguresDirectorsRadarLosing Yourself Author:Faith Prince
“There are some scenes that you have to lose in order to win something at the end. A good director will keep pointing you that way, but it is also your job as an actor to understand that there are scenes that you do, particularly when you are the lead, where other people get to come in and steal and you have to let them. I understand that but a good director always reminds you where those moments are.” PeopleWayEndsMomentsJobsOrderActorsWinningLosesSceneDirectorsStealingPointingGood Directors Author:George Clooney
“I love animals. With animals you never know what you're getting. Everybody says don't mess with animals and little kids in movies but those are the funniest things because you can't be in control. I like to lose control as a director.” KnowsLittlesKidsLosesAnimalDirectorsMessLittle KidAnimal Love Author:David Gordon Green
“I was offered and accepted a part in 'A Few Best Men,' and then the Australian actor's union argued that there were too many British actors. And the director decided to lose me.” MenActorsLosesDirectorsDecidedUnionsBritishAcceptedAustralian Author:Noel Clarke
“The first cut I do is usually between five and 10 minutes shorter then the cut that we release. Anything I think isn't working or might not work, I don't even put it in the director's cut. And usually it's the studio suggesting I put stuff back in, as opposed to studios saying, "You got to lose 40 minutes," they are always saying, "You've got to gain five minutes."” ThinkingFirstsMightStuffLosesFiveCuttingMinutesDirectorsGainsStudiosReleaseFive MinutesSuggesting Author:Barry Sonnenfeld
“Sometimes what you lose in the time it takes to let an actor do something that you don't like as a director, you gain in not shutting them down creatively by telling them their idea sucks.” IdeasSometimesActorsLosesDirectorsGains Author:Seth Rogen
“One of the good things is the relationship between director and editor used to be more contentious. Studios used to leave directors alone more during the post production process and now they're clamoring to get in. So, the director and the editor end up teaming up sort of against the studio to fight what they're doing and you lose the creative tension that you used to have between an editor and a director.” EndsUsedFightingProcessLosesCreativeDirectorsGood ThingsProductionsStudiosUsed To BePostsTensionEditorsContentiousPost ProductionCreative TensionTeaming Up Author:Michael Sucsy
“Most films and directors lose their nerve and want to indicate [emotions] a bit more, to show that their story is clear. I'm not saying that's a good thing; as an actor its anathema to good acting, but to have someone with the confidence to say that should I be utterly natural and minimalist is great.” WantShouldStoriesShowsFilmActorsBitsLosesNaturalActingEmotionClearDirectorsGood ThingsNervesShould IMinimalistAnathemaGood Acting Author:Matt Damon
“When characters are drifting away from the "correct road", or in fact from any road they were supposed to follow, they lose control, they find other goals...and possibly their real selves. All these moments of changes, of self-questioning, are like an engine to the films I make - that's where lie the dynamics I'm interested in as a director.” RealSelfMomentsCharacterFactsFilmLyingGoalLosesDirectorsEnginesQuestioningDriftingDynamicsReal SelfSelf QuestioningDrifting Away Author:Anne Fontaine
“The network was fantastic, but you get a lot of anxiety with any production. It was very helpful to have both of us because we could back each other up. As a creator, a director and a filmmaker, you often get assaulted and you lose perspective because you have all of this pressure. It was so nice to call him and say, "What do you think?"” ThinkingLosesNicePerspectiveDirectorsAnxietyPressureProductionsCreatorFantasticFilmmakerHelpful Author:Tony Goldwyn
“I think you have to be scared every morning that you go out to shoot, or you lose your edge. With actors, there has to be that adrenaline and you have to keep challenging yourself, and I certainly challenge myself, as a director.” ThinkingActorsLosesChallengesMorningDirectorsEdgesScaredEvery MorningAdrenalineChallenge Yourself Author:Susanna White
“What can Americans learn from the Olympics spectacle? According to the IMF, China will succeed America as the dominant economic power in the course of the next presidential term, so Howard Fineman, editorial director of the Huffington Post and MSNBC mainstay, was anxious to pick up tips. 'Brits long ago lost their empire,' he tweeted, 'but overall show us how to lose global power gracefully.' So there's that.” LongShowsAmericaCoursesNextLostTermLosesEconomicSucceedDirectorsPicksChinaPostsPresidentialEmpiresAnxiousLong AgoOlympicsDominantEditorialsEconomic PowerBritsImf Author:Mark Steyn
“It used to be embarrassing. In the beginning, because you listen to yourself so much, you think, I must look like an asshole right now - or sound like an asshole. And then, you just get to that point where you've done so many ridiculous, ridiculous things in the booth from screaming, to having orgasms, to whatever your director is asking you to do for this character, you just lose your inhibitions.” ThinkingLooksDoneCharacterUsedSoundLosesRight NowDirectorsAskingRidiculousUsed To BeEmbarrassingListen To YourselfInhibitionsRidiculous Things Author:Rachael MacFarlane
“Every day is still exciting. I have like a very good system worked out with my editor. Some directors are in there every day, sitting there in the room with the editor. I lose perspective incredibly quickly, and so what I do is I watch...I come in the room and give very specific notes and then I go back to my house or in my office and I watch the dailies.” GivingStillsHouseLosesRoomsWatchesPerspectiveDirectorsOfficeSittingExcitingNotesVery GoodEditors Author:Nicholas Stoller
“The director of The Sopranos told me that, if I wouldn't gain weight, I would lose my job. I didn't look like the girl who ate pasta all day. This was an extra stimulation to fight my eating problems.” IfsLooksProblemJobsGirlFightingLosesDirectorsEatingGainsWeightExtrasPastaStimulationSopranos Author:Jamie Lynn Sigler
“The director of the institute where I was working apologized about these young, enthusiastic researchers when the World Bank visited because he was afraid the institute would lose the World Bank consultancies.I went back home and started the Research Foundation for Science, Technology, and Ecologyan extremely elaborate name for the tiny institute that I started in my mothers cow shed. My parents handed over family resources and said, Put them to public purpose. Thats how I survived.” WorldSaidHomeYoungMotherPurposeNamesParentLosesTechnologyDirectorsResearchResourcesFoundationTinyCowsShedEcologySurvivedEnthusiasticBack HomeInstituteResearchersScience TechnologyWorld Bank Author:Vandana Shiva
“I’ve had unsatisfying experiences, but mostly it’s about communication, which is why I make an effort to talk to the director beforehand to make sure we see eye-to-eye as creative individuals. If [good] communication isn’t present, you can lose something and end up very unhappy.” IfsEndsEyeIndividualLosesEffortCreativeCommunicationDirectorsUnhappyGood Communication Author:Martin Starr