“My junior year, I was in a play at school and five days before opening night, I still didn't know my lines. Opening night was a disaster. I was so embarrassed. The director made me work backstage for the rest of the performance.” KnowsYearsMadeStillsPlaySchoolNightLinesFiveDirectorsPerformancesDisasterOpeningEmbarrassedJuniorsJunior YearOpening Night Author:Katie Leclerc
“That's why I had to leave Hair on Broadway, because I did it for about a year, and one night I was doing the show, and I realized, well, this is not real. I told the director. He says, man, it was a killer show tonight.” MenYearsWellsRealShowsNightHairDirectorsI RealizedTonightKillersBroadwayOne Night Author:Barry McGuire
“Usually you talk about directors in terms of the way they choose camera lenses or a kind of light to create a certain effect. But to me the most valuable commodity for a movie to create is a feeling of life, and that's what A Hard Day's Night has in spades.” WayKindHardFeelingsLightNightCertainTermEffectsDirectorsCamerasValuableCommodityLensesSpadesHard DaysCamera Lenses Author:Michael Patrick Jann
“The director is simply the audience. So the terrible burden of the director is to take the place of that yawning vacuum, to be the audience and to select from what happens during the day which movement shall be a disaster and which a gala night. His job is to preside over accidents.” HappensJobsFilmNightAudienceMovementTerribleDirectorsBurdenAccidentsDisasterSelectVacuumsYawning Author:Orson Welles
“Producing is making films without having to work sometimes. It's still making films, but it's a different job. When you're the director, you kinda do all the work. I'm actually going tonight to check the prints of my movie even though the premiere's tomorrow night.” StillsDifferentSometimesJobsFilmNightTomorrowDirectorsChecksTonightPrintPremieresDifferent Jobs Author:Brett Ratner
“I memorize my lines and I show up. I think it's just instinctual, and sometimes it's wrong and the director says, "No, do it this way." And then I can change, because I didn't spend all night practicing it this one way. All I do to get ready for the day is the night before, I read my lines once or twice, memorize them, and then I show up.” ThinkingWayI CanSometimesShowsNightLinesReadyDirectorsOne WayAll Night Author:Jennifer Lawrence
“I was well aware of that when I heard they were remaking 'Total Recall.' My first reaction was: 'Ewww, really okay?' And the director said you should really look at it, the script is good. I had already done a remake. I had just finished 'Fright Night.' When I heard about that being remade, I had a whole ego thing... remake?. 'That is so uncool! I loved the original, I can't possibly do that.” ShouldFirstsWellsLooksSaidI CanDoneWholeNightHeardDirectorsEgoOkayOriginalsScriptsFinishedReactionsRecallsFrightRemakesUncoolTotal Recall Author:Colin Farrell
“I came in on this movie after there had been a director and I came in after Tom Courtenay had talked to Ron Harwood about making a movie. So, you know Tom and Albert Finney had been friends since the beginning of their career as they became stars around the same time - Tom always reminds me that Albert was first with Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and then Tom with The Long Distance Runner.” KnowsFirstsLongNightStarsCareersMorningDirectorsDistanceSundayTomsRunnersSaturdaySaturday NightLong DistanceSunday MorningDistance Runner Author:Dustin Hoffman
“Your job, as an actor, is never to just do what you're told. That's boring, and life is too short. It's your job to bring something, and it will either be to other people's taste or your own taste, and you have to try things out. Actors say, "Well, as long as the director's happy," but I don't believe that and I don't agree with that. I want the director to be happy, but if I'm not happy, I won't sleep at night.” PeopleIfsWantTryingBelieveWellsLongJobsLife IsNightActorsSleepTasteDirectorsAgreeDon't BelieveBoringToo ShortLife Is Too ShortNot Happy Author:Martin Freeman
“When I auditioned to be part of the "This Is It" Tour, I didn't think I was going to get in. I didn't think it was for real at first, when I got the message on MySpace from the musical director to come in and audition for him. I came in and I played for the musical director, and that night Michael Jackson came in and sat down on the couch and I played "Beat It" for him. I just practiced as much as I could to make sure it was perfect.” ThinkingFirstsRealNightPerfectDirectorsMessagesBeatsMusicalSatAuditionsCouches Author:Orianthi