“By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director.” KnowsFirstsFilmPsychologyWeekDirectorsShootingHeadings Author:Jodie Foster
“I don't know what it is, exactly, but there's a negative drag on film sets after the second week or so, a mutinous vibe because the infinite capacities of the directors and everybody else become quite finite and everybody's under the gun and it becomes work.” KnowsFilmWeekDirectorsGunCapacityNegativeInfiniteDragFiniteFilm Set Author:Diane Lane
“I'm a theater actress. I love rehearsal. I could have six weeks of rehearsal and think it's not enough. But on film, you don't get that luxury.” ThinkingEnoughFilmWeekSixTheaterActressesLuxuryRehearsal Author:Kelly Reilly
“My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me.” TwoFilmMotherActorsFatherSawsFourWeekGrandfatherMy GrandfatherBegging Author:Giovanni Ribisi
“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
“To tell you the truth, I never wanted to become a moviemaker. It was like I was a cinepihile, and I go, like, three or four times per week to the cinema, and I like to watch films.” WantedFilmThreeWatchesFourWeekCinema Author:Marjane Satrapi
“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
“Most theater methodology is predicated on the idea of repeated actions. That's what you work toward. Having the actor repeat the same moment eight times a week. In a film, it's getting that one moment right.” IdeasMomentsActionFilmActorsWeekTheaterEightRepeatsMethodology Author:Stephen Daldry
“I did the David Cronenberg film, A History of Violence, with Viggo Mortensen and I played a real sociopath. For the next seven years, I played the psycho-of-the-week.” YearsRealFilmNextViolenceWeekSevenSeven YearsPsychoSociopath Author:Greg Bryk
“It was kind of unique and great to have two films coming out within a week. It certainly was a different experience for me.” KindTwoDifferentFilmWeekUniqueComing OutUniquenessDifferent Experiences Author:Elijah Wood
“I do weights a few times a week. Not a lot of heavy weights. I do it just to keep my muscle toned. With the martial arts, I am doing pretty basic stuff. I do some sparring. If I get a chance, I will go swimming or running in-between. I keep in pretty good shape between films.” IfsRunningFilmChanceWeekShapesWeightHeavyMusclesSwimmingSparringHeavy Weights Author:Dolph Lundgren
“That sounds stupid, but in most films that take six months, you're actually spending four weeks to do a fight scene.” FilmFightingSoundFourWeekStupidMonthsSceneSixSpendingSix MonthsPms Author:Tom Sturridge
“In theater, there's a lot of discipline involved in doing eight shows a week for a year and a half. It's nice to be able to bring some of that bag of tools with you over to the film world, where you don't have the rehearsal, you don't have an audience. You don't have a month of rehearsal to examine these words, and you meet the guy who's going to play your brother the morning that you shoot the scene. So you need a bag of tools.” WorldNeedsYearsPlayShowsAbleFilmGuyHalfMorningAudienceNiceWeekBrotherMonthsDisciplineInvolvedSceneToolsTheaterEightBagsRehearsalYour Brother Author:William Sadler
“I've done a number of films. I've been around this. I think the biggest challenge is just getting the script right, the way that you want the script to be. It's really about capturing the complexity of emotions and creating the kind of characters that people will want to watch every week.” PeopleThinkingWayWantKindDoneCharacterFilmChallengesNumbersEmotionWatchesWeekCreatingScriptsComplexity Author:Nicholas Sparks
“Two weeks ago we couldn't pronounce your name, but you were in the lead in a film that made millions, so we're sending you all these scripts.” MadeTwoFilmNamesMillionsWeekHollywoodScriptsTwo WeeksLead In Author:Cillian Murphy
“In the first week of the showings of the The Matrix Revolutions, The Godfather and The Godfather Part II played on cable television. I started watching, and I was held; I wanted to go through the process again. Can anyone credit that 30 years from now there will be an audience for the three parts of The Matrix, anywhere? Even if Keanu Reeves is our president by then?” IfsYearsFirstsWantedFilmThreeProcessPresidentAudienceWeekTelevisionRevolutionHollywoodCreditCables Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“It [TV] is the cancer of film. It's why people can't be educated to film. In the late '60s, we expected to see a movie or two every week and be stimulated, excited and inspired. And we did. Every week after week. Antonioni, Goddard, Truffaut - this endless list of people. And then comes television and home video. I know how to work exactly for the big screen, but it doesn't matter what I think about the art of movie-making versus TV.” PeopleThinkingKnowsArtTwoMatterHomeBigsFilmKnow HowWeekTelevisionTvsLateInspiredCancerExcitedExpectedScreensListsEndlessVideoEducatedVersusBig ScreenMovie MakingHome Videos Author:Jack Nicholson
“If you buy your husband or boyfriend a video camera, for the first few weeks he has it, lock the door when you go to the bathroom. Most of my husband's early films end with a scream and a flush.” IfsMenFirstsEndsHumorFunnyFilmDoorsWeekHusbandCamerasVideoMy HusbandScreamLocksBathroomYour HusbandVideo Cameras Author:Rita Rudner
“In film you have the script months ahead of time often, for a good film, but in television it seems like you might not get the script until a week or two weeks before you've got to film it. It's a little weird, but also quite challenging. It reminds me of repertory theatre.” LittlesTwoSeemsMightFilmChallengesWeekTelevisionLike YouMonthsScriptsTheatreTwo WeeksGood FilmsAhead Of Time Author:Wesley Snipes
“I take a few pictures a week, but the best part is waiting for my film to be developed. The suspense is exciting, and the reward is great.” FilmWaitingWeekExcitingRewardsSuspense Author:Morgan Saylor
“Coaches have the worst hours in the world. They go home maybe twice a week. They're sleeping in their office. They're watching film. It's a brutal, brutal job and that's why I respect them so much.” WorldHomeJobsFilmHoursSleepWeekWorstOfficeCoachesBrutalSleeping In Author:Eli Manning