“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 term "godawful" should be used sparingly in connection with motion pictures. With Angels & Demons, however, it seems oddly appropriate. Not only does this prequel-turned-sequel to The Da Vinci Code make its predecessor seem like a masterwork of pacing and plotting, but it may represent a nadir for director Ron Howard and is probably the worst instance of acting from star Tom Hanks since back in the days when he was struggling out from under the shadow of Bosom Buddies.” ShouldMayDoeSeemsUsedStarsTermActingStruggleWorstDirectorsAngelShadowConnectionsInstanceCodeDemonAppropriateTomsBuddyBosomsSequelsPredecessorsMotion PicturesPacingNadirDa Vinci Code Author:James Berardinelli
“The process of making a movie has expanded in terms of effort and time for the director, doing commentaries for the DVD for example, finishing deleted scenes so they could be on the DVD, and doing things like a web blog.” ProcessTermEffortExampleSceneDirectorsBlogsFinishingCommentaryDvdsEffort And Time Author:David Cronenberg
“Every relationship should eventually become a long-term relationship. Any director that I meet now isn't just a director. He's potentially a friend, and someone I can call to do a project that I want or that I have. That's what I mean when I say branding and developing yourself, as a business.” WantShouldMeanLongI CanTermDirectorsProjectsDevelopingLong TermBrandingLong Term Relationship Author:Kevin Hart
“My film school is making movies. But, I do think that being an actor has served me immensely, as both a writer and director, in terms of knowing what is playable and what will be fun to play, for actors, and also how to communicate to actors on set, and not screw them up and get them in their head.” ThinkingPlaySchoolFilmActorsFunTermKnowingDirectorsCommunicateScrewsFilm School Author:Josh Radnor
“I have been directing and involved in producing and the creating of films for quite a while as well as acting. I always think in terms of what the director needs, and not just for this scene but for the film.” ThinkingNeedsWellsHas BeensFilmTermActingInvolvedSceneDirectorsCreating Author:George Clooney
“David Fincher is probably the best comprehensive director in terms of being a manger of a process that must drive forward. He has such confident command of cinema language and visual language and script and performance. He knows more about f-stops than any cameraman, he knows more about lighting than any gaffer, he is a wonderful writer, and he can give you a good line reading. Under pressure, he is the kind of guy who you will just dive in with and trust and follow because his vision is so intense.” KnowsGivingKindGuyReadingLanguageProcessTermLinesVisionWonderfulDirectorsPerformancesPressureScriptsIntenseCommandCinemaVisualsComprehensiveLightingUnder PressureCameraman Author:Edward Norton
“Here is something no real celebrity will ever tell you: film acting is not very fun. Doing the same thing over and over again until, in the directors eyes, you get it right does not allow for very much creative freedom... In terms of sheer adrenaline, film has absolutely nothing on theater.” DoeRealEyeFilmFunTermActingCreativeDirectorsTheaterSheerAbsolutely NothingAdrenalineCreative FreedomFilm Acting Author:Mara Wilson
“Sometimes the personality or just the particular process of a director can really affect your quality of life as a composer in terms of how much time you spend away from your family or the amount of time you spend doing the type of work that you maybe don't consider as fun to do as other type of work.” SometimesFunProcessTermQualityParticularTypePersonalityAmountDirectorsOur FamilyComposerQuality Of Life Author:Christophe Beck
“I like meeting directors. It can be helpful because sometimes when you meet filmmakers you find out if you like them and if they like you, and that is important in terms of considering a role. Choosing a role is all about whether I relate to the role and the story really. That's the criteria.” IfsImportantSometimesStoriesTermRolesLike YouDirectorsMeetingsRelateFilmmakerHelpfulConsideringCriteria Author:Keanu Reeves
“I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when i first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.” FirstsTermRolesWorstDirectorsHollywoodEndureDiscriminationProducersMexicanRacial DiscriminationWorst Times Author:Salma Hayek
“The attitude of the director is really important, in terms of setting tone.” ImportantTermAttitudeDirectorsSettingSettingsTone Author:Josh Radnor
“In personal conversations between director and actor, the male directors that I've worked with are just as emotional. Maybe it's because I had to start having very intimate conversations with adult men at a very young age in order to get the work, but I'm really comfortable with dudes. I mean, we push boundaries in this business in terms of getting to know people.” PeopleKnowsMenMeanAgeYoungOrderActorsTermEmotionalDirectorsConversationComfortableAdultsMalesBoundariesIntimateYoung AgeIntimate Conversation Author:Kristen Stewart
“Things maybe take longer usually when it comes to TV - especially network TV. There are usually multiple levels that you have to go through in terms of the casting director, the producers, the studio, the network, reading with other people.” PeopleReadingTermLevelsTvsDirectorsStudiosProducersMultipleCastingCasting Directors Author:Andre Holland
“One of the things about working for an old school studio like Warner Bros. is that there is an institutional culture and institutional memory, in terms of production design, camera work, and directors who understand how to do this kind of thing.” KindSchoolCultureTermMemoriesDesignDirectorsCamerasProductionsStudiosOld SchoolBrosWarner BrosProduction Design Author:Bruno Heller
“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
“I don't think many actors are the best judge of careers. I think generally we have good instincts about what we can do in terms of acting. And often they become directors, which I don't want to be.” ThinkingWantActorsTermCan DoActingCareersJudgingDirectorsInstinct Author:Hugh Jackman
“John Huston was the kind of director that totally left you alone. Not every actor always does it right, every time, but most of the time he was re-directing someone. He was making tight adjustments, and not even in terms of interpretation because he knew that by the time that the character had been filmed... well, he got it right when he cast you.” WellsKindDoeCharacterActorsLeftTermDirectorsCastsInterpretationAdjustment Author:Theodore Bikel
“I really love the experience of moving things around, in terms of being a director.” MovingTermDirectors Author:Johnny Depp
“Director Park always talked to me about her in a very innocent way, that the story was of her coming of age and her sexual awakening and her going from girl to woman and that she had the same desires and hopes as other young people in terms of being very infatuated, which comes in the form of her uncle, which is very unconventional.” PeopleWayStoriesAgeFormYoungDesireGirlTermDirectorsAwakeningInnocentParksComing Of AgeUnclesUnconventionalInfatuated Author:Mia Wasikowska
“It's actually a character choice for a movie I've been filming in South Korea called Okja. My director had this idea of having my hair be a very vibrant red/pink/watermelon color. We haven't finished filming so I'm kind of riding the wave of the red hair right now in terms of everything else that I have to do with The Last Tycoon press and you know, regular life. I'm really loving it. It's turning into a thing for me.” KnowsKindIdeasCharacterLastsChoicesTermHavensColorHairRight NowDirectorsRedPressesSouthWaveFinishedRidingKoreaRed HairSouth KoreaTycoonsRiding The Wave Author:Lily Collins