“I felt a gravitational pull to the material so that there's a certain element of acting that's not really necessary. I've really liked this in foreign movies before or I've observed others working with them and I've noticed that there's a method that goes on where the actors try and get the children, like the child actor, to interact with them in a real way. It seems like you're the adult trying to get the kid to fall in love with him.” WayTryingChildrenRealSeemsKidsCertainFallActorsFeltActingMaterialsLike YouGoes OnElementsAdultsMethodFalling In LoveChild Actors Author:Brendan Fraser
“The skill of a good actor is to make it always seem like you're in that fantastically spontaneous moment. Very often, a stand-up comedian has a different instinct, which is to reinvent. Once you've laid down some material, and made them laugh, you move on and find some new material.” MadeDifferentMomentsSeemsMovingActorsLaughingMaterialsLike YouSkillsInstinctComedianSpontaneousGood ActorsStand Up Comedian Author:Colin Firth
“Whether it's your own material or somebody else's material, it's essential that you identify with it thoroughly. It's like you want to archive it; you want to freeze it in time in terms of your perspective on it, then move on, because folk music is that volatile and comments not only on overall human concerns but also on the specifics.” WantHumansMovingTermMaterialsLike YouPerspectiveEssentialsMusic IsConcernFolksCommentFreezeFolk MusicArchivesSpecifics Author:Paul Stookey
“I am opposing it with an idea of the history of philosophy as a history of philosophers, that is, a history of mortal, fragile and limited creatures like you and I. I am against the idea of clean, clearly distinct epochs in the history of philosophy or indeed in anything else. I think that history is always messy, contingent, plural and material. I am against the constant revenge of idealism in how we think about history.” ThinkingIdeasPhilosophyMaterialsLike YouCreaturesConstantCleanPhilosopherRevengeMortalsFragileIdealismMessyOpposing Author:Simon Critchley
“It's because you have no power. You give them all the material and the cinematographer, the director, the editor, boy what they can choose... You better hope they like you because they can slice and dice and make you look like a damn fool when your face and body are up there on a 30-foot screen.” GivingLooksBodyFacesBoysFeetMaterialsLike YouFoolDirectorsScreensDamnYour FaceEditorsDiceCinematographers Author:William Mapother
“Everything around you can use. It's like your tools and your material. Whether it's in performing arts like dance, or visual arts, or poetry, a lot of those elements can come and help you, can trigger your creativity. But you have to be open, be aware, and you have to be ready to look.” LooksArtHelpingUseCreativityReadyMaterialsLike YouElementsToolsPerformingVisualsTriggersVisual ArtPerforming Arts Author:Chath Piersath
“I'm working on a script right about Civil War re-enactors who go back in time to the actual Civil War. It's kind of a big, crazy Back to the Future comedy. So, of course, it's the Civil War - I play the banjo. I was just having a conversation with one of the producers about some of the material and he was like, 'You know, we have to work in a scene where you play the banjo. And I was like I'll get behind that.” KnowsKindWarPlayBigsCoursesBehindsComedyCrazyMaterialsLike YouSceneConversationScriptsProducersCivil WarBack In TimeBanjosGo Back In Time Author:Ed Helms