“To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and on to the seventh draft, whatever it takes. Then my job is to support the director to make the best movie we can. Some producers try to go past them, but my job is to support them.” TryingFirstsRealJobsPastStarsSupportDirectorsProducersOutlinesWhatever It Takes Author:Dino De Laurentiis
“I've been really lucky to work with some really great film people in the past, but television works on a much quicker schedule, and it's the TV directors I've worked with that I looked to and became a big fan of.” PeopleBigsPastFilmFansTelevisionTvsLuckyDirectorsSchedulesReally GreatGreat FilmPeople From The Past Author:Michael Weatherly
“The director's who want to be innovative use the DVD as a tool to see what people have done in the past and you have other people who will actually take from better directors and that makes them better directors.” PeopleWantDoneUsePastDirectorsToolsInnovativeDvds Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“If you are a star in Hollywood then you are always a star in your eyes, but not always in the eyes of new directors for whom your great performances are always fading into the past.” IfsEyePastStarsDirectorsHollywoodPerformancesFadingGreat Performance Author:Lee Grant
“I think the dictator director is based upon stories from the past. I don't think anyone would put up with it now. There are a lot of people on a film set with egos. So, to be completely authoritarian, you'd probably have to have a reputation like Kurosowa or somebody to get away with it.” PeopleThinkingStoriesPastFilmDirectorsEgoReputationGet AwayDictatorFilm Set Author:Colin Firth
“I hate to say that, but the past was much more fascinating. I don't particularly care for any of the current crop of actors. I don't particularly care for any of the current crop of directors. But I have a lot of friends who are editors, and there are a lot of technical things going on here that are interesting.” CarePastHateActorsInterestingDirectorsI HateCurrentsFascinatingEditorsCropsLots Of Friends Author:Kenneth Anger
“Stained is about a lonely bookshop keeper, and her past comes back to haunt her. I play a femme fatale, schizophrenic serial killer. They offered me the part and I was like, "I'm just curious why you thought I would be perfect for this role," and the director (Karen Lam) said, "You have this look that, when you're smiling, you're really sweet, but when you're not smiling, you look like you could kill somebody."” LooksSaidPlayWould BePastPerfectRolesSweetLike YouDirectorsLonelyCuriousKillersKeepersSerialsSerial KillerSchizophrenicFemmeBookshopsFemme FataleReally Sweet Author:Tinsel Korey
“Sometimes I'll go for something more because of the story, or more because of the director. But, generally, I have to feel like it's something that I have a real sympathy for - a person that I can completely go, "Oh, wow, oh, I'm there." Otherwise I don't feel like I will be able to pull it off at all. I know I haven't done everything very well in the past; some things have worked and some things haven't. But I need to feel like I can feel about the person, understand that person, I suppose.” KnowsNeedsFeelsWellsPersonsI CanRealSometimesDoneStoriesAblePastHavensDirectorsWow Author:Guy Pearce
“When I was growing up in the '50s, I had never heard of a "woman film director," so I did not consider it as an option. But I was fortunate that in the late-'60s and '70s, because of the feminist movement, women were stepping into all sorts of careers that had been closed to them in the past and film was one of them.” PastFilmCareersGrowing UpGrowingHeardMovementDirectorsLateFeministFortunateFilm DirectorsFeminist Movement Author:Chris Hegedus