“All the films are hits before you turn the camera on. It's only in the execution that they fail. I've been less than happy with the way a couple of films were edited, but it's a director's prerogative and you gotta go with it.” WayFilmTurnsFailingCoupleDirectorsCamerasExecutionPrerogativeEdited Author:Bruce Willis
“Acting is one element in a film. Directing is sort of the painter using all of those elements - sound and music and camera and putting it all together. And that can be fun and exciting. If you fail, it's incredibly upsetting - much more upsetting than when you're an actor. But when you succeed it's incredibly, incredibly exciting, so I like the risk of it all.” IfsTogetherFilmActorsFunSoundActingFailingRiskSucceedElementsExcitingCamerasPainterUpsetSound And MusicFilm Directing Author:George Clooney
“The great thing about theater is that you have so much time to prepare, and to fail, before presenting it to the public. In film, the high-wire act seems to be that much farther up, and the net seems to be less there.” SeemsFilmFailingTheaterGreat ThingsWirePresenting Author:Chris Pine
“Shakespeare's so bloody difficult, and I don't like failure. You can fail on film, but there's nobody actually there in the flesh to watch you failing.” FilmDifficultWatchesFailingFailureFleshBloody Author:Anthony Hopkins
“If a film or any piece of work doesn't entertain, it fails - and that is using the word entertain literally, meaning it holds you there and you become absorbed by it so that you don't walk away and get bored and so on.” IfsFilmWalksPiecesFailingBored Author:Mike Leigh
“I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that.” PeopleIfsFilmFailingOfficeProfitable Author:Imtiaz Ali
“I learned very quickly that if you just go out and make something and maybe fail at it or you just learn how to edit it yourself. I edited my last films. You just do it yourself. You feel so creatively empowered and you're controlling your own destiny as artists.” IfsFeelsLastsFilmArtistDestinyFailingEmpoweredJust Do ItEditsDo It YourselfEdited Author:Daryl Wein