“It's not the subject of narration that interests me, but the structure. That's why I stay in touch with my old works, which I reread regularly. I don't hesitate to take up previously used images or even whole scenes.” WholeUsedInterestSubjectsSceneStructureNarration Author:Dumitru Tepeneag
“I have even taught classes on writing about sex, and I've looked closely at different writers' sex scenes. On the level of craft I've given it a lot of thought. The pitfalls are simple: It can sound clinical or medical, which isn't right, or pornographic, because the characters disappear.” WritingDifferentCharacterGivenSexSoundSimpleLevelsClassTaughtSceneDisappearMedicalCraftsPitfallsClinicals Author:K. M. Soehnlein
“The key is to remember a sex scene is a scene of dramatic action and psychological development. You need to pay attention to emotion and to a character's self-awareness or lack of self-awareness.” NeedsSelfCharacterActionRememberSexPayEmotionAttentionAwarenessKeysDevelopmentSceneSelf AwarenessPsychologicalPay AttentionDramaticPsychological Development Author:K. M. Soehnlein
“The biggest problem in the fictional treatment of sex is that it's not treated as part of the story but as a pause from the story. The best sex scenes in fiction are the ones that advance the story.” StoriesProblemSexFictionSceneTreatedTreatmentPauses Author:K. M. Soehnlein
“I know when I watch a film at this point, if I completely lose myself in the characters and the story and the world of the film I know that it's at least in my opinion, that was great. Otherwise I'm thinking: "Oh I know they were just doing A, B and C, right before they walked into the scene, then the camera was there, then they probably took the shot from this reverse close-up and moved it into this." When all of that drops away then I'm like: "Okay this was phenomenal, this was fantastic." I mean, any film or TV performance in general is probably good.” IfsThinkingKnowsWorldMeanCharacterStoriesFilmLosesOpinionWatchesTvsSceneShotsOkayPerformancesCamerasMovedFantasticReversePhenomenal Author:Gabriel Mann
“Sitting opposite Steven Spielberg, while he turns the pages of your script and talks about each scene as he goes, is about the best film school you can get.” SchoolFilmTurnsScenePagesSittingOppositesScriptsFilm SchoolBest Film Author:Matt Charman
“I think there's just so much awesome music coming out of New Zealand, I've always loved The Naked And Famous, I absolutely love Ghost Wave... it just seems like there's a really cool scene happening out there, I'd love to go and spend some time there and see what other bands are popping up.” ThinkingSeemsSceneBandHappeningsWaveGhostNakedComing OutReally CoolNew ZealandPopping Author:Lizzy Plapinger
“You learn your lines as well as you can and you go in there and go with whatever is thrown at you. Sometimes you don't know whether or not they're going to break the scene up, so you don't have to do it all at one time.” KnowsWellsSometimesLinesBreakSceneThrownOne Time Author:Courtney B. Vance
“You need great actors in this one, because there are moments where there's no way to get around it, you just need to come up with it. They have no time; they can't help you with coaches: "We've got to have it now!" Whether it's tears, whether it's a five-page scene. You can't put it off tomorrow because we're already behind; you've got to have it. I'm just amazed at the casting and how wonderful everybody was.” WayNeedsMomentsHelpingActorsBehindsFiveWonderfulTearsTomorrowScenePagesCome UpCoachesAmazedCastingBehind YouGreat Actors Author:Courtney B. Vance
“I start with an image, then I go from the image toward exploring the situation. Then I write a scene, and from the scene I find the character, from the character I find the larger plot. It's like deductive reasoning - I start with the smaller stuff and work backward.” WritingCharacterStuffSituationSceneReasoningPlotExploring Author:Dan Chaon
“Plot and scene are still the hardest things for me, though I think they're the building blocks of what makes a story work.” ThinkingStillsStoriesBuildingSceneHardestBlockPlotHardest ThingBuilding Blocks Author:Dan Chaon
“I started out as a poet who primarily wanted to write about image and moment. Over the years I've been trying to teach myself how to do plot and scene. My first story collection had the most issues with the plotlessness, and when I was writing my second collection I was teaching myself how to make things happen.” WritingTryingYearsFirstsMomentsStoriesHappensWantedTeachIssuesTeachingPoetSceneThings HappenCollectionsPlotMake Things Happen Author:Dan Chaon
“As I get ready to buy a new computer, I'm stunned at all the many micro drafts, of different chapters and scenes and whatnot, that litter the hard drive.” DifferentHardReadySceneComputerChaptersStunned Author:Alexander Chee
“She [Susan Lucci] was extraordinary. She wouldn't look at the scene until you walked in to rehearse it. It was amazing to me. That's the impression I got anyway.” LooksSceneExtraordinaryImpression Author:Richard Masur
“I remember working on a show, and feeling so insecure about whether I looked attractive enough to do a love scene. It was weird because I couldn't understand why I wasn't feeling beautiful, even though I knew I was.” EnoughShowsFeelingsBeautifulRememberSceneAttractiveInsecureFeeling Beautiful Author:Tasha Smith
“It was fun to be in a scene again with [my wife LaTanya Richardson]. We used to do plays together all the time. We hadn't really worked together since Losing Isaiah [1995]. That was kind of early on in both of our cinematic careers. Things have changed a little bit since then.” KindLittlesPlayTogetherUsedFunBitsCareersWifeChangedSceneLittle BitLosingMy WifeCinematicThings Have Changed Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“I was part of punk's second generation, so, not the first wave of '70s punk, but the American hardcore scene. I had a really strong love for music prior to that, but punk created a new template.” FirstsStrongGenerationsSceneWavePunkHardcoreStrong Love Author:Bucky Pope
“I think the most emotional part in making the movie and discovering the movie - because it was a process of discovering - is all the scenes with the family.” ThinkingProcessEmotionalSceneDiscovering Author:Oren Moverman
“All the scenes that have to do with the fact that, at the end of the day, we're all engaged - hopefully some of us - in certain causes and ideals and certain ways of living, but we're human, and we're making all these mistakes, and we're caught in particular systems - whatever it is - but ultimately, there's a price paid by the people that are closest to you.” PeopleWayHumansEndsFactsCertainCausesMistakeParticularSceneIdealsPaidCaughtHopefullyEngagedThe End Of The DayClosest Author:Oren Moverman
“I think that almost every scene was an exploration - it was never going to be just what’s on the page. So I know I was very lucky - we all were - to work with a cast of this caliber. These are extremely experienced and intelligent actors, who are also deeply emotional and - as you say - are also engaged in the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldActorsEmotionalSceneLuckyPagesIntelligentCastsEngagedExplorationCaliber Author:Oren Moverman
“I really feel that actors should really know who they are as characters; they should really study their lines; they should be prepared; but once they come to set, for me the most exciting way to shoot a scene is to really find it, really kind of grind your way through it, until you feel like you have something that you can put together.” KnowsWayFeelsShouldKindCharacterTogetherActorsLinesStudyLike YouSceneExcitingPreparedBe PreparedGrind Author:Oren Moverman
“I come from a theater background, so I always like to dissect the scene and try to get some hint about what the author was trying to get at. I still look up the meaning of the name of the character to see if there are any clues in that.” IfsTryingLooksStillsCharacterNamesSceneTheaterBackgroundsLook UpClueHints Author:Adina Porter
“I don't strive for balance. I just try to get through my to-do list, with my kids' homework being at the top of it, and then try to prepare for the next audition or whatever scene I'm shooting next. Balance.” TryingKidsNextBalanceSceneStriveListsShootingAuditionsHomework Author:Adina Porter
“I think that it's important for a film that's in 3D that the filmmakers create the movie from a staging and scene planning standpoint with the dimensional space as one of their storytelling components.” ThinkingImportantFilmSpaceScenePlanningStorytellingFilmmakerComponentsStandpointStaging Author:Christopher Meledandri
“Trying to stay in the moment as an actor and being really [present in] what you're doing and the scene that's going on and where the characters have come from, it wasn't difficult, per se, to really embody and embrace.” TryingMomentsCharacterActorsDifficultSceneEmbraceBeing Real Author:Danielle Panabaker
“I'd like to build my company and make a bigger company always, but I think in the behind the scenes arena is where I'd prefer to spend my time.” ThinkingBehindsCompanySceneBiggerMy TimeArenaBehind The Scenes Author:Joel Silver
“I love to ride horses. I've ridden since I was a kid so I got to do some riding, which was a lot of fun. But most of the stunts were left to the girls. It's the girls rescuing the guys mostly. So it was kind of really kick-ass, girl power. It was wonderful to watch. It was particularly sexy. They would come in and just slay in these choreographed pentagram of death fight scenes. It was pretty impressive.” KindKidsGuyGirlFightingLeftFunWatchesWonderfulSceneHorseSexyAssKicksRidingImpressiveGirl PowerKick AssPentagrams Author:Douglas Booth
“I've been acting since I was 2 and have always been on camera but doing a video is different because when you're acting, you pretend the camera's not there and you just do the scene and with a music video you're right in the camera so it feels weird sometimes.” FeelsDifferentSometimesActingSceneCamerasVideo Author:Corbin Bleu
“I do an opening in 'The Glory of the World' play at BAM, and then I go up to the high balcony in the back and watch the bulk of the play, but then I have to leave my seat about seven to 10 minutes before the end of that final big scene...and it's a bummer.” EndsPlayBigsWatchesMinutesSceneSevenFinalsOpeningSeatsBalconiesBummer Author:Will Oldham
“I don't believe in director's cuts and I also don't really believe in deleted scenes because the movie that is in theaters, that's what the director made.” BelieveMadeCuttingSceneDirectorsTheaterDon't Believe Author:Neill Blomkamp
“Deleted scenes are like in a middle gray zone. It's like, well, they're deleted because they're not good or you lost the battle and you couldn't put them in the movie.” WellsLostMiddleSceneBattleZoneGray Author:Neill Blomkamp
“I'm not method or anything like that, but sometimes you get the scenes and you're like 'Really, Damon [Lindelof]? More of this? Can I have one scene where it's a walk in the park?' But he doesn't do that. He puts every character through their paces.” SometimesCharacterWalksSceneMethodParksPaceDamonWalks In The Park Author:Justin Theroux
“It's just about trying to find material where I'm doing more than just being a plot device. I want to actually get to do scenes that go to interesting places and are challenging to me.” WantTryingChallengesInterestingMaterialsScenePlotDevicesJust BeingInteresting Places Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“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
“In one way, it is this sense of order and also love that, I think, really saved Eleanor Roosevelt's life. And in her own writing, she's very warm about her grandmother, even though, if you look at contemporary accounts, they're accounts of horror at the Dickensian scene that Tivoli represents: bleak and drear and dark and unhappy. But Eleanor Roosevelt in her own writings is not very unhappy about Tivoli.” IfsThinkingWayWritingLooksOrderDarkHorrorSceneAccountsWarmSavedUnhappyContemporaryOne WayGrandmotherBleakEleanor Author:Blanche Wiesen Cook
“Very few people actually saw Andy's films like Chelsea Girls where he filmed seven hours, ran it on two screens, where each scene was in a different room at the Chelsea Hotel with these people he called 'Superstars" who were basically super-exhibitionists - the guy in one room high on LSD talking about masturbation, Brigid Berlin in another room playing a lesbian and shooting up people with amphetamines right through their jeans, it was all real and they were really doing it (though Brigid is now a proper lady), but you know Andy really did pre-date reality TV.” PeopleKnowsTwoDifferentRealRealityFilmGuyGirlHoursRoomsTalkingSawsTvsSceneSevenScreensShootingRanHotelJeansBerlinSuperstarMasturbationReality TvChelseaLsdExhibitionistAmphetaminesShooting Up Author:Bob Colacello
“The first scene I ever appeared in, it was the first scene I ever shot [during my] first day on set. I walk up to my mom with a plastic bag over my head and she says that her clothes better not be on the floor, not that a plastic bag is not a safety hazard or anything. I think it's a really cute scene and also just a very vivid memory.” ThinkingFirstsMemoriesWalksMomSceneClothesShotsSafetyMy MomCuteBagsPlasticVividHazardsPlastic BagsReally CuteVivid Memories Author:Kiernan Shipka
“For me, my favorite scenes, when I'm in my comfort zone, are the fighting scenes Those are my favorite to do, so I'd love to have more of those.” FightingComfortSceneMy FavoriteZoneComfort Zone Author:Steven R. McQueen
“Nina Simone was a gifted and prolific singer, songwriter and pianist who became a powerful presence in the civil rights movement and paid a professional price for it. Behind the scenes, she struggled in a fractious, sometimes violent relationship with her husband and manager and with mental health issues that strained other relationships, including with her only daughter.” SometimesPowerfulBehindsIssuesRightsMovementSceneHusbandDaughterPaidMental HealthIncludingSingersViolentCivil RightsManagersSongwritersGiftedCivil Rights MovementSinger SongwritersPianistBehind The ScenesNinaHealth IssuesOnly Daughter Author:Michel Martin
“John Lewis is such a remarkable human being. Literally, such a beautiful human being. I remember the first time I met him. We were in the middle of a scene and [Selma director] Ava DuVernay calls, "Cut," and then he literally just came in. He just came walking in.I just froze. I can't explain the feeling. Seeing somebody who was literally a living hero. He was a hero.” FirstsHumansI CanFeelingsBeautifulRememberHuman BeingsCuttingSeeingMiddleHeroWalkingMetsSceneDirectorsFirst TimeRemarkable Author:Stephan James
“I like to imagine that all the choices you make during the day that you're doing a particular scene are going to feed into the creation of that scene. It's not a movie-by-movie or a part-by-part basis. It's a day-by-day thing, and sometimes an hour-by-hour thing.” SometimesChoicesHoursImagineCreationParticularSceneBasesImagine ThatChoices You Make Author:Thomas Jane
“I'm not somebody who takes stuff home with them, that if I shoot a scene and I'm personally impacted for days or something. I mean it certainly is affecting and everything, but it doesn't penetrate to some deeper layer. I'm in it when I'm in it.” IfsMeanHomeStuffSceneDeeperLayersPenetrate Author:Geena Davis
“I think the goal is to make a well written scene seem like it's improvised and/or to come up with things that you find in the room that you couldn't have known until you get into the real situation, just try to improve things as you go along.” ThinkingTryingWellsRealSeemsGoalRoomsSituationKnownWrittenSceneCome UpWell Written Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“You have to let go of the things that are darling to you. You have to take the focus off yourself and put it on the shape of the scene and the intention of what everyone else needs.” NeedsFocusSceneShapesLetting GoIntentionDarling Author:Robert Downey, Jr.
“I don't want to show deleted scenes. I don't like an audience looking at what the movie might have been - if it's in the movie, it's in the movie.” IfsWantHas BeensShowsMightAudienceSceneMight Have Been Author:Kevin Spacey
“I wasn't big in the party scene but I did have an excessive lifestyle. I had much more than I needed. I think that was a manifestation of a certain kind of mental illness.” ThinkingKindBigsCertainPartyNeededSceneIllnessLifestyleMental IllnessManifestation Author:Tom Shadyac
“It's just that the nature of being a director is being incredibly overwhelmed with getting the shots right, dealing with the locations, and then there's a two-year-old in the scene, and all that stuff - you know, there's a lot of kids in scenes.” KnowsYearsTwoKidsStuffSceneDirectorsShotsTwo YearsLocationOverwhelmedTwo Year Olds Author:Jay Duplass
“Well, I'll be honest with you, sometimes you don't know you're playing a moment that's going to be in a montage. Sometimes it's a scene that didn't work out the way you hoped it would be and ends up in a montage.” KnowsWayWellsEndsSometimesMomentsWould BeHonestSceneWork OutBeing Honest Author:Mark Duplass
“I don't know if you want to see the Everybody Loves Raymond guy in a nude scene.” IfsKnowsWantGuySceneEverybody Loves Raymond Author:Ray Romano