“Pain is temporary, film is forever.” FunnyPainFilmForeverFilmmakerMovieTemporaryFilmmakingPain Is Temporary Author:Michael J. Fox
“I don't remember what my favourite comedy film is - truthfully! I saw Borat and I thought I was not going to be able to get out of the theatre because I was in so much pain from the laughter.” AblePainRememberFilmSawsComedyLaughterTheatreFavourite Author:Morgan Freeman
“I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal. For instance, I won't do a film if I think it's full of violence for violence's sake, or a television drama if I don't think it's intelligent writing.” IfsThinkingWritingPainFilmCertainViolenceTelevisionDramaIntelligentSakeHolesInstanceAgentsOffensiveTelevision Drama Author:Anne-Marie Duff
“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
“Advice to a new writer: There are no rules in this profession. Do what is good for you. Read books and watch films that stimulate your writing. In your writing, go where the pain is; go where the pleasure is; go where the excitement is. Believe in your own original approach, voice, characters, story. Ignore critics. Have nerve. Be stubborn.” WritingBelieveBookCharacterStoriesPainFilmVoicePleasureWatchesAdviceApproachOriginalsCriticsProfessionExcitementNervesStubbornBelieve In YouRulesStubbornnessStimulationBreaking Rules Author:Anne Rice
“On the day we filmed the scene, a bee stung me. I screamed and cried so much they called a doctor, and my father said, "It can't hurt that badly!" But it wasn't the pain that upset me, it was the thought that I mightn't be in the film. Already the little professional.” LittlesSaidPainFilmActorsFatherHurtActingSceneAmbitionDoctorsUpsetBeesCried Author:Natasha Richardson
“In a culture of electronic violence, images that once caused us to empathize with the pain and trauma of another human being, excite a momentary adrenaline rush. To be numb to another's pain - to be acculturated to violence - is one of the worst consequences our technological advances. That indifference transfers from the screen, TV, film, Internet, and electronic games to our everyday lives.” HumansPainFilmCultureGamesLanguageHuman BeingsViolenceSocietyWorstTvsCommunicationInternetConsequenceEverydayTraumaScreensIndifferenceTechnologicalEveryday LifeTransfersNumbAdrenalineMomentaryAdrenaline Rush Author:John Naisbitt
“The book and the film [This Changes Everything] fed into each other in ways that were compounding and very exciting. The pain was shared.” WayBookPainFilmExcitingFeds Author:Avi Lewis