“I do like to be creative and I'm very lucky that I've been given different areas in which I'm able to do that - whether it be film or television or theatre or whatever. I'm also still into music and recording.” StillsDifferentAbleFilmGivenCreativeTelevisionLuckyAreasTheatreBe Creative Author:Richard O'Brien
“I'm a people person, very approachable. I go out every night, tons of functions. I love all facets of this industry... Music, film, TV, books, art. I love being around creative people.” PeoplePersonsArtBookFilmNightLove IsCreativeTvsIndustryFunctionEvery NightCreative PeopleFacets Author:Guy Oseary
“As a producer you have creative control, and that's what is so exciting about it. At the end of the day, if you have made a film it's totally your responsibility, and if it works it's your responsibility and if it doesn't it's also your responsibility.” IfsMadeEndsFilmResponsibilityCreativeExcitingProducersThe End Of The DayWorking It Author:Teresa Palmer
“NFL Films has had one continuous, creative vision for 47 years. These are timeless things; timeless stories that we capture just like people go back and read Greek mythology.” PeopleYearsStoriesFilmVisionCreativeMythologyGreekNflCaptureTimelessGreek MythologyGreek MythCreative Vision Author:Steve Sabol
“Advertizing, television and film all wield mighty powers to visually seduce us, while much fine art leaves us indifferent, confused or, at worst, repulsed. There is a desperate need for creative Christians to redeem the visual arena from both forms of excess, cutting through all the false glamour, tawdry baseness and dense obfuscation.” NeedsArtChristianFilmFormCultureChristianityCreativeCuttingWorstTelevisionFineConfusedVisualsDesperateExcessIndifferentArenaGlamourFine ArtsDenseSeducingBasenessObfuscation Author:John Walford
“In my view the plangent artificiality of a lot of creative work results from the fact that the people who write novels, direct films and put on plays tend to read too many novels, watch too many films and go to too many plays.” PeopleWritingPlayFactsFilmResultsViewsWatchesNovelCreativeDirectCreative WorkArtificiality Author:Will Self
“I had thirty weeks of prep on 'Captain America.' I have a small team of qualified, supportive, creative producers who are actually helping me achieve my vision of the film. I had a dream cast headed by Chris Evans. I had the best designers, artists, sculptors, craftspeople.” HelpingDreamAmericaFilmArtistVisionCreativeWeekTeamAchieveCastsProducersThirtyDesignerCaptainsSupportiveQualifiedSculptorsI Had A DreamPreps Author:Joe Johnston
“My combined experiences, doing different films, has made me very concerned about and interested in how you protect your creative self when the work, by default, is going to be judged by people.” PeopleMadeDifferentSelfFilmCreativeProtectConcernedJudgedDefault Author:Sharlto Copley
“With more money brings more fear and when you're trying to be creative in a fear-based environment it's dangerous. Then decisions are made out of fear, not what's best for the film.” TryingMadeFilmDecisionCreativeEnvironmentDangerousMore MoneyBe CreativeFear Not Author:Lake Bell
“If I want to, I can sign 20 films for ridiculous amounts of money, but I really want to do different kinds of cinema. I want creative satisfaction.” IfsWantKindI CanDifferentFilmCreativeAmountSatisfactionRidiculousCinemaDifferent Kinds Author:Karisma Kapoor
“I think doing something creative is the most important thing to me, and I think it's probably just good for the soul for anyone, whatever it is. You don't have to be a film director - you can do gardening or something - but I think everyone needs to create something.” ThinkingNeedsImportantSoulFilmCan DoCreativeDirectorsImportant ThingsGardeningFilm Directors Author:Ricky Gervais
“With independents[films] you sort of make them on the go and there is that little bit more creative freedom. You don't have the money to slow down!” LittlesFilmBitsCreativeLittle BitSlow DownCreative Freedom Author:Jennifer Aniston
“I started my career giving a clinic in bad acting in the film, "The Silver Chalice," and now I'm playing a crusty old man who's an animated automobile [in "Cars"]. That's a creative arc for you, isn't it?” MenGivingFilmActingCareersCreativeCarSilverOld ManAutomobileAnimatedArcsClinicChaliceBad Acting Author:Paul Newman
“I'm an independent filmmaker with complete creative control of my films. I hire who I want. I have final cut. But at the same time, I go directly to Hollywood for financing and distribution. I find it's best for me to work within the Hollywood system.” WantFilmCreativeCuttingHollywoodIndependentFinalsFilmmakerDistributionFinancing Book:Spike Lee: Interviews Source: Spike Lee: Interviews
“There is a sort of creative purity in an independent film, in the passion of the director, the passion of the crew. They're not getting a whole lot of money, so you know they are not there because they want to get rich. Instead, they are there because they want to make a movie. In the bigger films, I remember when I used to do those, it's just a job for a lot of people, so there is less of an intense energy devoted to the whole project.” PeopleKnowsWantWholeJobsRememberFilmUsedPassionEnergyCreativeRichDirectorsProjectsBiggerIndependentIntensePurityDevotedLots Of MoneyCrewRemember WhenGet RichIndependent FilmPassion And Purity Author:Amy Irving
“As I've indicated, most books go out of print within one year. The same is true of music and film. Commercial culture is sharklike. It must keep moving. And when a creative work falls out of favor with the commercial distributors, the commercial life ends.” YearsBookEndsFilmMovingFallCultureCreativeFavorsPrintKeep MovingCreative WorkDistributors Book:Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity Source: Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity
“I think, as the writer, you're always going to mourn something [left out of a film]. But you also just want to know there's a good reason for it being left out. On the whole, you want to give something to somebody creative. The worst thing you can do is say, "Here, be creative, but do it like I want you to do it." I was always very mindful of that.” ThinkingKnowsWantGivingReasonWholeFilmLeftCan DoCreativeWorstI Want YouWorst ThingsBe CreativeMournLeft Out Author:Markus Zusak
“When I was younger, I didn’t know that I should just listen to my own voice, my own artistic sense of things when I was choosing projects, because one of the biggest creative decisions that an actor can make in the film business is what you will work on.” KnowsShouldFilmActorsVoiceMy OwnDecisionCreativeProjectsArtisticJust Listen Author:James Franco
“You dont do an experimental film to become rich, so the people who are involved are involved because they enjoy the creative aspect of it.” PeopleFilmEnjoyCreativeRichInvolvedAspectBecome Rich Author:Isabella Rossellini
“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 miraculous films come into being, made by people you've never heard of, starring unknown faces, blindsiding you with creative genius.” PeopleMadeSometimesFilmFacesCreativeHeardGeniusMiraculousCreative Genius Author:Roger Ebert