“This is something particular to actors, especially in plays, and in films, too - but in plays, it's like, don't get involved with anyone in the play.” PlayFilmActorsParticularInvolvedGet Involved Author:Tom Courtenay
“In terms of it being a first screenplay, literally, my hat is off to him [Wally Pfister]. I didn't see any virgin blather in screen direction, or anything like that. It was just a wonderfully executed piece, and a complicated one. The mathematics involved in putting this film together, between Jack and Wally, and the great support of Alcon, it was not a easy little operetta.” FirstsLittlesTogetherFilmEasyTermSupportPiecesInvolvedMathematicsComplicatedScreensHatsVirginsScreenplaysBlather Author:Johnny Depp
“It's very rare that you get to play a character over the course of so many films. Bella meant a lot to me and she will always be such a formative event in my career. I grew up with her and she and I have been on this great journey together. I also see many parallels between her evolution and my own because I lived through so many things along the way while playing Bella and having this connection to so many people involved in making the films over the years. It would be impossible for me to separate my world from Bella's.” PeopleWorldWayYearsHas BeensPlayCharacterWould BeTogetherFilmCoursesMy OwnCareersImpossibleJourneyEventsGrewEvolutionInvolvedGrew UpConnectionsParallelsGreat JourneysJourney Together Author:Kristen Stewart
“My favorite recordings are the ones that feel like there were no middlemen in the creation. That's the biggest problem with most films and records being made today - too many people involved. I think it dilutes the artist's intent and inspiration.” PeopleThinkingFeelsMadeProblemInspirationTodayFilmArtistRecordsCreationInvolvedMy FavoriteMiddlemen Author:M. Ward
“I love to go back and write and direct another film one day, but that's on the backburner for now because I'm involved with so much television at the moment.” WritingMomentsFilmTelevisionInvolvedOne DayDirect Author:Kevin D. Williamson
“Jack [Nicholson] really knows about the camera. He's one of the directors who likes to play with the camera. He'll change things around, play with lighting, things like that. He'll even spend hours on the set-up for an insert shot. He's an interested person who gets involved in all the aspects of the films he is making.” KnowsPersonsPlayFilmHoursInvolvedDirectorsShotsAspectCamerasLikesGet InvolvedLightingInsertNicholson Author:Vilmos Zsigmond
“I got involved through the director of the show [Top Chef], he's a director of films in Mexico; I worked with him before. I watched the show in English -many times for many years - and I always loved it. As soon as I heard about having an opportunity to showcase Mexico in a different way, to show a different side of Mexico, that is not violent, that has beautiful colors and delicious food... I didn't think about it twice.” ThinkingWayYearsDifferentShowsBeautifulFilmOpportunitySidesHeardColorInvolvedDirectorsViolentDifferent WaysMexicoChefDeliciousDifferent SidesShowcaseDelicious FoodBeautiful Colors Author:Ana Claudia Talancon
“I think movies in general should have more respect for the audience than they do. Too many films are afraid to confuse people, so all the information is given to them right away, and there's nothing left for the film to do. It ruins many stories, because everything becomes obvious and predictable. I want my films to engage people more and make them more actively involved in the story.” PeopleThinkingWantShouldStoriesFilmLeftGivenAudienceInformationInvolvedShould HaveObviousRuinsPredictableMovies In General Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“The magic of comics is that there are three people involved in any comic: There is whoever is writing it, and whoever is drawing it, and then there's whoever is reading it, because the really important things in comics are occurring in the panel gutters, they're occurring between panels as the person reading the comics is moving you through, is creating a film in their heads.” PeopleWritingPersonsImportantFilmMovingThreeReadingMagicInvolvedCreatingImportant ThingsDrawingComicGutters Author:Neil Gaiman
“The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film.” MadeRealCharacterFilmActorsParticularInvolved Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“I had to imagine myself into certain aspects of [Julian Assange] character for our version of events. That involved extrapolating based on clues in his biography, his public persona, photographs, and other accounts of him by people who encountered him during that extraordinary period from 2007 to 2010 that we charted in the film [The Fifth Estate]. So, it involved a lot of research but, sadly, no contact with the man himself.” PeopleMenCharacterFilmCertainImagineEventsHe ManInvolvedPeriodsResearchAspectAccountsExtraordinaryPhotographVersionsContactEstatesBiographiesClueFifthPersonaAssange Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“The story [in 12 Years a Slave] serves as a metaphor for the fear of having your family taken away, and for being abused in such a horrific way. I lost it a lot of times watching that film, particularly when seeing the grace of the man when he finally makes it back home aged, changed, forever brutalized, and yet he apologizes to his family for his long absence. That was such a profoundly moving moment capturing the triumph of dignity over the disgraceful behavior of those involved in the slave trade.” MenWayYearsLongMomentsStoriesHomeFilmMovingLostForeverTakenGraceSeeingChangedHe ManInvolvedBehaviorDignityTradeSlaveMetaphorAbsenceTriumphOur FamilyApologizingBack HomeHorrificDisgracefulSlave Trade Author:Benedict Cumberbatch
“I started working with James [Schamus] early on, and my role as an executive producer was more about being involved in the conversations of putting the film together. I didn't have to do much work because James is the most experienced first-time director you could imagine.” FirstsTogetherFilmRolesImagineInvolvedDirectorsConversationFirst TimeProducersExecutives Author:Logan Lerman
“There's a pretty epic battle "Part 2" of Twilight. It's really involved and it took us a few weeks to film it, because there was so many of us and it was such a large, massive war. I think they're really gonna love that. I feel like we've been working up to this the whole series and there was a bit of confrontation, but you never really got to see all the vampires go full force.” ThinkingFeelsWarWholeFilmForceBitsWeekInvolvedBattleSeriesVampireMassiveTwilightEpicConfrontationEpic Battle Author:Ashley Greene
“I've been involved in lots of comic book stuff; I've done numerous films based on comic books and TV shows.” BookDoneShowsFilmStuffTvsInvolvedComicComic BookTv Shows Author:Jeffrey Dean Morgan
“Cara [Delevingne] I wanted to be sure that she would be involved. 'Cause she didn't do a lot of films before I met her, so I didn't know if she was serious and so I push her a bit.” IfsKnowsWould BeWantedFilmCausesBitsSeriousInvolvedMets Author:Luc Besson
“You know, it's not my film [Valerian], it's really their film. It's very strange. And maybe because it's more when you comes to the Marvel films it's way much more organized and plan, you know, they planned. Okay, we have Thor here, we have this and then we do The Avengers, and then we group. You know, it's much more organized. So maybe there is a little less freedom at the end for the creative people. Where I did the entire opposite. I let them help me, you know. So that's also why maybe they were so involved.” PeopleKnowsWayLittlesEndsHelpingFilmCreativePlansGroupsStrangeInvolvedOkayOppositesOrganizedHelp MeCreative PeopleAvengers Author:Luc Besson
“My parents weren't involved in show business but my parents would show me. We'd watch old films in the house.” ShowsFilmHouseParentWatchesInvolvedShow MeShow Business Author:Alden Ehrenreich
“I want to do film and TV. I want to make good stories. I want to write; I want to be more involved.” WantWritingStoriesFilmTvsInvolvedGood Story Author:Alia Shawkat
“I got to play a funny part [in the The Master Of Disguise]. There was one thing my character did that involved flatulence and laughing at the same time - that was in the script - and that was basically what sold me on it. I really thought, "This can't help but be funny." And when I saw the film, I was proud that I'd had those moments.” PlayMomentsCharacterHelpingFilmLaughingSawsOne ThingMastersProudInvolvedScriptsDisguiseFlatulence Author:Brent Spiner