“We applaud the people who are film stars, who get elected to an office, who are very athletic, the small group who play with power in a very limited way. But we're completely oblivious to what can be done to the infinite realities that exist in front of us. We deny them.” PeopleWayInspirationalDonePlayRealityFilmStarsGroupsFrontsBuddhismOfficeInfiniteDenyAthleticSmall GroupsObliviousFilm Stars Author:Frederick Lenz
“Making a film of a work you've played for six weeks gives you intimate knowledge of the character. By the time you go in front of the camera you've worked out the behavior and life of a character.” GivingCharacterFilmWeekFrontsBehaviorSixCamerasIntimate Author:Linda Lavin
“TORONTO -- When Cameron Crowe was flying to the Toronto film festival recently, he walked down the aisle of the plane and studied his fellow passengers sitting in front of their personal TV sets. They were just having the greatest time, there was so much joy in their eyes, .. And I looked to see what they were watching. And it was all out-and-out comedies. So many people watching The Longest Yard. And I just got the feeling that, 'You know what? People just like to let it all go, and have a laugh'.” PeopleKnowsFeelingsEyeFilmJoyLaughingComedyFrontsTvsSittingFellowsFlyingPlanesYardsFestivalsPassengersTorontoAisleCameronFilm FestivalsHave A Laugh Author:Cameron Crowe
“I did radio, I did television, I did opera, I did films in which I had very, very little to say. But I had a lot of experience in front of the camera, and that's what really counts.” LittlesFilmFrontsTelevisionCamerasRadioOpera Author:Christopher Lee
“I never uttered a word about things, but with my age now, I've completely lost all reservations. In more ways than one. I was never in front of the camera, for example, but now I've been in films and documentaries.” WayAgeFilmLostFrontsExampleCamerasDocumentariesReservations Author:Giovanna Cau
“Whatever I am, I'm not as bad as the person that read the novel before watching the film. I'll enjoy whatever they [producers] are putting in front of me. If they made an attempt to get things right, then I'll criticize them for what they got wrong. If they made no attempt to get things right, and yet they stumble on something that's right, I'll comment on what they got right.” IfsPersonsMadeFilmEnjoyNovelFrontsProducersCriticizeComment Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“I just feel that I enjoy the work more than I ever have... or just as much certainly... I enjoy making films behind the camera equally to making them in front of the camera on all those years. I just enjoy it, that's all. I've been lucky enough to work in a profession that I have really liked and so I figured I'd just continue until someone hits me over the head and says "get out".” FeelsYearsEnoughFilmEnjoyBehindsFrontsLuckyCamerasProfession Author:Clint Eastwood
“There's so much more freedom in film as far as subject matter and what can be said. And then, also, the process is different because there's more time. On movies there's just so much freedom and space to explore in front of the camera.” SaidDifferentMatterFilmProcessSpaceSubjectsFrontsCamerasMore TimeSubject Matter Author:Dave Franco
“What I love in working on film is just working with actors. It's one thing to write scenes alone over a keyboard and to imagine the actions and reactions in your head, but it's a completely other thing to hear actors speaking your words, to see their bodies bringing the fullness of emotion, need, desire and pain to life right in front of you. It's amazing.” NeedsWritingBodyActionPainFilmDesireActorsEmotionImagineOne ThingFrontsSceneReactionsFullnessKeyboardsAction And Reaction Author:Dee Rees
“There's a film I did called 'Front of the Class', about a teacher who had Tourette's. That was a beautiful blend of drama and comedy. There's some great moments of levity in the script.” MomentsBeautifulFilmClassComedyTeacherFrontsDramaScriptsGreat MomentsLevityTourettes Author:James Wolk
“I don't know what I can do about the aging. Yes, I am aging. Oh my God, I'm aging all the time. It's like those flowers that wilt in front of you in time-lapse films. But what can I possibly do? Look like a lunatic?” KnowsLooksI CanFilmCan DoFrontsFlowerAgingLunaticLapsesTime Lapse Author:Sarah Jessica Parker
“Yes, Manila had its slums; one saw them on the drive from the airport: vast districts of men in dirty white undershirts lounging idly in front of auto-repair shops - like a poorer version of the 1950s America depicted in such films as Grease.” MenAmericaFilmWhiteSawsFrontsVersionsDirtyShopsAirportsSlumsGreaseManilaLounging Book:The Reluctant Fundamentalist Source: The Reluctant Fundamentalist