“I really don't want to become a "member" of a band anymore. I really enjoy having total control over my music and productions.” WantEnjoyBandMembersProductions Author:Christian Fennesz
“Fetty Wap's not one person. Fetty Wap consists of a tight family. When I go out as Fetty Wap, I represent the whole family. The family is RGF [Fetty's original label, RGF Productions].” PersonsWholeProductionsWhole FamilyTight Family Author:Fetty Wap
“I always remain optimistic. There are three levels of music production: the majors, indies, and what I call "inties," music distributed via the Internet. The Internet is one area that I have used pretty effectively to break free of corporate control.” UsedThreeLevelsBreakInternetMajorsAreasProductionsOptimisticCorporate Author:Chuck D
“It's very difficult to have any faith in the sincerity of the SLORC about stamping out drug production if they find it so easy to forgive a drug baron whom at one time they said they would never, never forgive and would never, never regard as anything but a drug runner. The SLORC is far more aggressive in its attitude toward the National League for Democracy than against drug traffickers.” IfsSaidEasyDifficultAttitudeDemocracyDrugRegardForgivingProductionsLeagueSincerityAggressiveOne TimeRunnersThey SaidNever Forgive Author:Aung San Suu Kyi
“It's just about having faith in what I wrote and following through on the plan and making sure I get the pieces the way that I need them. It's just about executing properly in production and then in post, you know, it's working [with] and trusting my editor, and then also playing the film for people and seeing how they react.” PeopleKnowsWayNeedsFilmPiecesPlansSeeingProductionsFollowingPostsEditorsHave FaithFollow ThroughExecuting Author:David Robert Mitchell
“I think a lot of the production process is always giving yourself, like what I call like escape routes, like, if this scene doesn't play, if we realize we've had too many dirty scenes in a row, and it's like, because you don't have the luxury when you're in the middle of shooting, to see how these scenes play all in a row, kind of, you know what I mean. So, like we're always trying to like have insurance policies on, ok, if that doesn't work, we can just jump to this thing.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingTryingKindMeanPlayProcessRealizingMiddlePolicySceneProductionsLuxuryShootingDirtyRoutesAlways TryingGiving YourselfInsurance Policy Author:Etan Cohen
“There were the usual types of things that happen, in a production, like logistical bullshit, and this and that and the other. That's the sort of stuff that happened. But I never felt, in a creative sense, that we were ever veering into a place that I hadn't signed on for.” HappensFeltStuffCreativeHappenedTypeProductionsUsualBullshit Author:Ben Mendelsohn
“It starts with the writing - which is really, really good. And the production values are phenomenal. HBO and Sky have spent money on it, and you get what you pay for. This has money put into it properly - not lavish amounts - but as each season is successful, they maintain the money that's being spent to maintain the quality.” WritingValuesPayQualitySuccessfulSkyAmountSeasonsProductionsPhenomenalHbo Author:Charles Dance
“I grew up with "Follies." I saw it when I was fifteen. It was the original production, and of course, that production will never be equaled.” CoursesSawsGrewGrew UpOriginalsProductionsFollyFifteen Author:Charles Busch
“As far as producing, once we started shooting, I soon realized where the critical decisions about the movies were really being made, and it wasn't on the set. They were being made in the production meetings. That's where producing a movie happens. And that's where I wanted to be. I didn't just want to be a piece, a pawn being played. I wanted to take part in the creative process, and that's how I sort of got introduced to the idea.” WantMadeIdeasHappensWantedProcessDecisionCreativePiecesMeetingsProductionsCriticalShootingCreative ProcessPawnsBeing PlayedCritical Decisions Author:Ice Cube
“We try to use obvious Canadian touches whenever we can, and I'm really proud of the way we use Vancouver for its production value. Nobody is pretending that we're not shooting in Canada, which is really important to me. The other wonderful thing is that ABC has bought us, but they air us after CTV has had the full season air on Canadian television. That's another thing that I think is really a nod towards the importance of us acknowledging our own industry.” ThinkingWayTryingImportantUseValuesWonderfulAirTelevisionIndustryProudSeasonsImportanceProductionsObviousShootingCanadaPretendingWonderful ThingsVancouver Author:Kristin Lehman
“They [Mark and Jay Duplass] both have young kids and talk about parenting all the time. So they get it. So they knew that it was a very delicate time and they knew that it was a lot. All it did was make me want to protect them from - and protect production from - any kind of burden.” WantKindKidsYoungProtectMarkProductionsBurdenDelicate Author:Amanda Peet
“Well, what if we did this in the mind as opposed to the brain? So instead of blood vessels and dendrites, what if it was consciousness and dream production? And that would allow us to have characters that represent emotions. And that felt like, man, that's exactly what animation does best - strong, opinionated, caricatured personalities. And that just got me excited.” IfsMenMindWellsDoeCharacterDreamStrongFeltEmotionBrainConsciousnessBloodPersonalityProductionsExcitedWhat IfVesselAnimationOpinionatedBlood Vessels Author:Pete Docter
“I knew that there was an upcoming screening where not only were we going to show it to everybody else at the studio, we also needed to move into production... And yet I was sitting there in editorial going this is not working. I'm a failure.” ShowsMovingNeededSittingProductionsStudiosEditorialsScreening Author:Pete Docter
“Sometimes when I'm writing a song I'll get carried away with production when I'm only on the first verse, and that sacrifices the songwriting.” WritingFirstsSometimesSongSacrificeProductionsSongwritingVersesCarried Away Author:Nina Nesbitt
“People listen to the beat first. So if that doesn't draw people in especially with the audience I cater to, they're definitely about that production.” PeopleIfsFirstsAudienceBeatsDrawsProductions Author:Torae
“I like actual songs and bands, but it's usually parts, like the production, the bassline, the drums, that I'm really attracted to.” SongBandProductions Author:Sue Tompkins
“I probably live in the best province for independent filmmakers. Manitoba has a sort of thieving-magpie approach, trying to lift productions from other provinces as well as from other countries. It makes it very hard for me to leave.” TryingWellsCountryHardApproachIndependentProductionsLiftsFilmmakerOther CountriesProvincesMagpies Author:Guy Maddin
“With big productions, you can sometimes get lost with the terminology and all the different departments.” DifferentSometimesBigsLostProductionsDepartmentTerminology Author:Rose Leslie
“I'd become very involved in the production, so the albums were taking longer. So it was never a deliberate decision not to do live shows. A few times, I've thought about doing them again, but it's just kind of never happened. I've just sort of gone the path of becoming a recording artist I guess.” KindShowsArtistDecisionGonePathHappenedBecomingInvolvedAlbumsProductionsDeliberate Author:Kate Bush
“I actually do see rock and roll as pop music. I think the distinction I was making was that I was going out of my way to have a very consistent approach to production, where nothing kind of punctures the reality - or, I guess, the fake reality - of the album and what you're listening to from beginning to end.” ThinkingWayKindEndsRealityRocksListeningApproachAlbumsProductionsPopsMy WayFakeDistinctionConsistentGoing OutRock And RollPop MusicPuncture Author:Dan Bejar
“I'm most excited that the hard work has paid off for myself and the team. You put your heart and soul into something and you want to show it to an audience outside of Jersey Boys. It gives a chance to not only show my work, but of Jeffrey Schecter as an actor and co-writer. It gets to show off our cinematographer, my production team. That's what I'm most proud of… everybody gets to have their own moment to enjoy it.” WantGivingHeartSoulHardMomentsShowsActorsEnjoyChanceBoysAudienceTeamHard WorkProudPaidProductionsExcitedJerseyHeart And SoulShowing OffCinematographersPaid Off Author:J. Robert Spencer
“If I'm not mistaken, I believe it was written beforehand. And it just happened in rehearsals Basically giving each person their vocal-line and I ended up getting that line! I'm so grateful I did because it was really special to sing that and you feel something when you sing it it's a very distinct piece that fits perfectly in the production.” IfsGivingFeelsBelievePersonsI BelieveLinesPiecesWrittenHappenedSpecialFitGratefulProductionsMistakenVocalRehearsalSo Grateful Author:Kendra Kassebaum
“I just started to want to be more hands on, and again, because of the nature of this job which was to evaluate the writing apart from the production, I got clear on what a director did and I became interested in directing, so I started to do that in the late 80s.” WantWritingHandsJobsClearDirectorsLateProductions80sEvaluate Author:Rob Urbinati
“I like to figure out what the production opportunities are for the things I'm interested in before I put pen to paper.” OpportunityFiguresPaperProductionsPens Author:Rob Urbinati
“The big turning point came when I played in the pit orchestra for a production of SWEENEY TODD and I spent most of the time watching the play instead of playing the score! And that's when I knew I had it bad for acting.” PlayBigsActingProductionsScoreOrchestraPitsTurning PointsSweeneySweeney Todd Author:John Cariani
“Because I've been making music and releasing it for so long, I've got that production-line thing in my brain: I can't do anything new until the last one's out.” LongI CanLastsLinesBrainProductions Author:Aphex Twin
“Simon Collinson, of digital publisher Canelo and über-cool Aussie mag The Lifted Brow, is our digital producer; Sarah Shin, Verso's comms director, is helping us out with press publicity; Soraya Gilanni, who mainly does production and set design for films and commercials, is our art director.” DoeArtHelpingFilmDesignDirectorsPressesProductionsProducersDigitalPublishersPublicityBrowsAussiesMagsArt Director Author:Deborah Smith
“I hate videos. I'm meticulous on everything from cover art, fonts, productions, mixing. But when it comes to videos, I just feel so defeated.” FeelsArtHateI HateProductionsVideoDefeatedMixingMeticulousFonts Author:Questlove
“There are certain records that you love because the songs are great, but you don't go to them as an example of great production.” CertainSongLove IsRecordsExampleProductions Author:Beck
“I've been walking to school and trying to figure out what's going on there; some of the production and songs are so ridiculous. I want to get inside that.” WantTryingSchoolSongFiguresWalkingProductionsRidiculous Author:Mike Tucker
“The first show I ever saw was Meat Loaf, and it was on the Bat Out of Hell tour. Meat Loaf actually had a huge 20-foot bat behind him. Smoke came out of the bat's nose and his eyes glowed red - which is still one of the most mindblowing productions I've ever seen.” FirstsStillsShowsEyeBehindsHellSawsFeetHugeRedProductionsSmokeNosesMeatHis EyesBats Author:Simon Taylor-Davis
“I'm looking for anything interesting in the guitar playing, songwriting, artwork, and production. If you look at the stack of CDs on my desk and in my car, you'll find a very wide range of music under the umbrella of metal.” IfsLooksInterestingCarGuitarProductionsWideRangeSongwritingMetalsDesksCdsArtworkUmbrellaGuitar Playing Author:David Pajo
“The Internet has been an invaluable acquisition. I wonder how we would do without it. Information can be sent from one country to the other within the space of minutes, crossing channels, crossing oceans, crossing continents. But still, we can't compete with the might and power and wealth of those who dominate, control, and own the means of the production of information today.” MeanHas BeensStillsCountryMightTodayWealthSpaceWonderMinutesInformationInternetOceanProductionsContinentsAcquisitionCrossingsInvaluable Author:Tariq Ali
“Well, I tried being in front of the camera as a student and that was terrifying. But the press stuff about me growing up on his [film] sets has been exaggerated. I was an extra as a kid and I was also a PA [production assistant] on one of his movies, so I was lucky to get production experience. But I was nowhere near him.” WellsHas BeensKidsFilmStuffGrowing UpGrowingFrontsStudentsLuckyCamerasPressesProductionsExtrasAssistantsExaggeratedFilm Set Author:Nicole Holofcener
“There are things I like, there are things I strongly dislike. In my DJ sets and in my production I just gravitate towards what I like.” ProductionsDislikeDjs Author:A-Trak
“Even though the means of production are more available than ever, I think the true expertise is as rare as ever.” ThinkingMeanProductionsAvailableExpertise Author:Khoi Vinh
“Truthfully, a weak rapper can hide behind a lot of production.” BehindsWeakProductionsRapper Author:Ice T
“Mr. Hillaire Belloc has pointed out that science has changed greatly, and for the worse, since it became popular. Some hundred years ago, or more, only very unusual, highly original spirits were attracted to science at all; scientific work was therefore carried out by men of exceptional intelligence. Now, scientists are turned out by mass production in our universities.” MenYearsScienceSpiritChangeChangedMassHundredYears AgoScientistOriginalsUniversityProductionsUnusualExceptionalMass Production Author:Anthony Standen
“Every production is by faith, every single one. You can't do it unless you have faith because one, you never know if it's going to work, and two, if you aren't compelled and you aren't passionate, then you can't convince the studio to give you millions of dollars to make a movie and then spend millions more to market it.” IfsKnowsGivingTwoMillionsDollarsPassionateProductionsStudiosConvinceHave FaithCompelledGoing To Work Author:DeVon Franklin
“I did study drama at Catholic U, but the undergraduates weren't put in productions, really, except as extras, and it wasn't a hands-on kind of thing at all. I couldn't afford to go to another college. And my grandparents lived in D.C., so I was able to live with them, and that's how I was able to afford it at all.” KindHandsAbleStudyCollegeDramaCatholicProductionsExtrasGrandparent Author:Susan Sarandon
“I think we have reached a stage now where we need to find solutions to economic injustice in the same place and in the same ways that we find solutions to sustainability. Sustainability on environmental grounds and justice in terms of everyone having a place in the production and consumption system - these are two aspects of the same issue. They have been artificially separated and have to be put back again in the Western way of thinking.” ThinkingWayNeedsHas BeensTwoTermJusticeIssuesEconomicStageSolutionsAspectEnvironmentalWesternInjusticeProductionsSustainabilityConsumptionWay Of ThinkingBack AgainEconomic Injustice Author:Vandana Shiva
“When you take the entire system into account, ways of developing more of something in one dimension can actually create scarcities in another. If we say we have to increase production because people need more food, more housing, more meat, or more milk, we can make one thing grow in a certain way. But by doing that we create externalities so that there are scarcities in other related things.” PeopleIfsWayNeedsCertainGrowsOne ThingAccountsIncreaseProductionsDevelopingMeatRelatedDimensionsMilkHousingScarcityExternalities Author:Vandana Shiva
“The system of technological production that we have today has been justified in terms of creating more goods to feed more people and to meet more needs. But it actually destroys more of the resources that we need in order to meet those multiple needs. If we shift to an ecological perception, a diversity perception, we realize that some of the instruments of which we are very proud are actually extremely primitive for dealing with nature. To me that is the great lesson of ecological awareness at the turn of the millennium.” PeopleIfsNeedsHas BeensTodayOrderTurnsTermRealizingAwarenessProudLessonsDiversityPerceptionCreatingResourcesInstrumentsProductionsGoodsPrimitiveMultipleTechnologicalJustifiedEcologicalMillennium Author:Vandana Shiva
“I've never been - I don't think I'm, like, a great A&R, by any means. I don't even know production lingo, in all honesty.” ThinkingKnowsMeanHonestyProductions Author:Pusha T
“I didn't come in as a writer that found producers, I came in under producers. So I've always respected the actual production process and producers in general.” FoundProcessProductionsProducers Author:Pusha T
“I traveled all over the South looking for factories - to keep production in the South. I wanted to give back to the place and people that raised me.” PeopleGivingWantedSouthRaisedProductionsFactoriesTraveledGiving Back Author:Reese Witherspoon
“Unbreakable Productions (my company) provides fun, uplifting and inspirational content (and products soon!) on a regular basis to help viewers discover their inner strength, utilize the power of inner-inertia, and remain Unbreakable through life's challenges.” HelpingFunChallengesCompanyProductsBasesProductionsUpliftingInner StrengthViewersInertiaUnbreakable Author:Rachele Brooke Smith
“I was applying to the art school, but there was a checklist that said I had to do either production design or stage management or acting. I thought, "I don't want to be an actor, but I know production and stage management take acting classes" - this is literally my internal monologue. I was like, "Designers don't have to take acting classes. Cool. I'll check that box".” KnowsWantArtSaidSchoolActorsActingClassStageDesignManagementProductionsBoxesChecksDesignerInternalsArt SchoolMonologuesActing ClassesChecklistsProduction Design Author:James Pearse Connelly
“I treat every show, every production, like its own individual human organism that's grown up in a certain way, and they all have crazy habits and do different things.” WayHumansDifferentShowsCertainIndividualCrazyHabitTreatsProductionsDifferent ThingsOrganisms Author:James Pearse Connelly