“I have been a director who has starred, participated on both sides of the filmmaking process.” Has BeensProcessSidesComedyDirectorsFilmmakingBoth Sides Author:Keenen Ivory Wayans
“I've now been doing this for ten years, and I actually got to skip a stage of going to casting directors, and now I meet with the directors, either for lunch or an audition room, and I still read sides; you're never going to get around that, but I'm not the best person to go on an audition.” YearsPersonsStillsSidesRoomsStageGoes OnDirectorsTenLunchAuditionsCastingSkipBest PersonCasting Directors Author:Carly Schroeder
“You never really know what the director has got in his mind as far as the scene visually and art direction wise, etc. Even if you do, sometimes there's a side of things that don't necessarily gel the way people intend. So there a bit of a mystical entity, film.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayMindArtSometimesFilmBitsSidesWiseSceneDirectorsEtcEntityMysticalArt Direction Author:Guy Pearce
“[Roger] Vadim became famous worldwide as a director, and I as an actress, but the other side of the coin was terrible. My life was totally turned upside down. I was followed, spied upon, adored, insulted. My private life became public.” SidesTerribleDirectorsActressesCoinsPrivate LifeUpside DownRogerInsulted Author:Brigitte Bardot
“I don't feel one could even remotely touch the idea of intimidating others, but because I've understood the other side of the experience, I will occasionally, if I smell that could even be in the air for a few minutes, say to the director, "Please, you must tell me anything you want. Please say all the things you think might be terribly hurtful like, 'That was boring.'"” IfsThinkingWantFeelsIdeasMightSidesAirMinutesPleaseDirectorsUnderstoodBoringSmellIntimidatingHurtful Author:Kenneth Branagh
“I have a side of me that doesn't care. I really enjoy physical comedy, thinking of an idea and pitching it to the director.” ThinkingIdeasCareEnjoySidesComedyDirectorsPitchingPhysical Comedy Author:Isla Fisher
“My scripts are always heavily noted. If I can take a director to one side and say, "Do you mind if we try this?," a few days before, that's usually a better way of doing it then on the day.” IfsWayTryingMindI CanSidesDirectorsScriptsBetter Ways Author:Nick Frost
“My tutor was a film director on the side, and she introduced me to film. She then put me in one of her short films, and it came out of that. That's when I fell in love with the process of making a film. After that, I was about 15 and I was like, "This is what I've gotta do." So, I started taking acting lessons, and then I applied to college to do acting. I got an agent, and it all just happened.” FilmProcessSidesActingHappenedCollegeLessonsDirectorsAgentsFilm DirectorsShort FilmsTutor Author:Eve Hewson
“Sometimes if you're a director, you want to believe that you're great and capable at all aspects - the technical side, the lights, everything - but I'm not.” IfsWantBelieveSometimesLightSidesDirectorsCapableAspect Author:Steven Knight
“You really have to bring your game and know what you want to do. And then, there are the producers and the writers and the director on the other side of the glass, and what they want. You have to be malleable to what's going to work, and you have to stay in the framework of the context.” KnowsWantGamesSidesDirectorsGlassesWhat You WantProducersGoing To WorkFramework Author:Adrian Pasdar
“You watch him playing Jack Sparrow, and he's loving it, and he's loving being in that world. He's still excited by it. Sometimes, he'll even say, 'Was that OK?' And I'm thinking, 'You're Johnny Depp man, you know that's OK!' But he doesn't. He's still going to [director] Gore [Verbinski] and asking for help. It's a privilege to see the human side of Johnny. It's really exciting.” ThinkingKnowsMenWorldHumansStillsSometimesHelpingSidesWatchesDirectorsExcitingAskingPrivilegeExcitedGoreSparrowsAsking For Help Author:Keira Knightley
“I started as an artist and I had a side job moving some heavy boxes for a publishing company. They had just gotten a Mac for their art department, the department that creates the book covers. I was kind of showing the art director a thing or two about how to use a Mac. And one day everyone went out to lunch and I jumped on the computer and designed a book jacket and slipped it in the pile to go to the review board in New York. They picked my jacket and when the art director got back to Boston, he wanted to know who designed it and I said, "Me." He was like, "The box guy?"” KnowsKindArtSaidTwoBookUseWantedJobsMovingArtistGuySidesCompanyNew YorkOne DayDirectorsComputerBoxesHeavyBoardsDepartmentReviewsLunchPublishingBostonJacketsMacsBook CoversArt Director Author:Biz Stone
“I got involved through the director of the show [Top Chef], he's a director of films in Mexico; I worked with him before. I watched the show in English -many times for many years - and I always loved it. As soon as I heard about having an opportunity to showcase Mexico in a different way, to show a different side of Mexico, that is not violent, that has beautiful colors and delicious food... I didn't think about it twice.” ThinkingWayYearsDifferentShowsBeautifulFilmOpportunitySidesHeardColorInvolvedDirectorsViolentDifferent WaysMexicoChefDeliciousDifferent SidesShowcaseDelicious FoodBeautiful Colors Author:Ana Claudia Talancon
“I have never played a superhero in real life and I would imagine it is very different Voiceover is super easy. You just come in and do a bunch of versions of it and then the animators and directors on that side of the movie put your performance together.” DifferentRealTogetherEasySidesImagineDirectorsPerformancesReal LifeBunchVersionsSuperheroAnimator Author:Jeremy Sisto
“Director Park asking that if there was a pocket on one side of the piece of clothing then there should be a pocket on the other side. They were a little uncomfortable to wear, yes, because there were a lot of tight, high-waisted things so it was great at the end of the day to slip into some pajamas!” IfsShouldLittlesEndsSidesPiecesDirectorsAskingUncomfortableParksThe End Of The DayPocketsClothingsSlipsPajamas Author:Mia Wasikowska