“But you know, I'm very conscious that people criticize Hollywood. Yet we've created a form, the Western, that can be understood in every country. The good guys against the bad guys. No nuances. And the horse is the best vehicle of action in our medium. You take action, a scene, and scenery, and cut them together, and you never miss.” PeopleKnowsCountryActionTogetherFormGuyCuttingMissingSceneConsciousUnderstoodHollywoodHorseWesternMediumsCriticizeVehicleBad GuysGood GuyNuanceScenery Author:John Wayne
“I've always been a player that likes to get round the back and get crosses in for other people. When I first burst on to the scene some people only saw the goals I was scoring. More recently they've taken notice of the goals I've set up. It is nice to be recognized for that.” PeopleFirstsGoalTakenSawsNicePlayerSceneCrossesRoundsLikes Author:Michael Owen
“People ask me this a lot, what a song's about.... I do think analyzing a song can be interesting, although it doesn't necessarily get to the point. It's a whole other side activity. I do like making a thing into pictures. If I get an abstract idea and all the words in it don't represent tangible things, I might try to take the idea and make it into a picture, create a little scene there, an image.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingLittlesIdeasWholeMightSongAsksSidesInterestingSceneActivityAsk MeAbstractTangibleAnalyzing Author:Tom Verlaine
“I think of myself as a fairly decent human being and it gives me great pain to be considered for all the mean S.O.B.s that come along. I've played bird decapitators, puppy stranglers, woman beaters, wife poisoners, child molesters - every goddamn thing you can think of. It was quite scene there for a while. But I think the image is changing...I hope to God the old image is fading from people's minds.” PeopleThinkingGivingMindHumansMeanChildrenPainHuman BeingsWifeSceneBirdGive MeDecentPuppyFadingPoisoners Author:George C. Scott
“The classical music scene was completely unfamiliar to me. A lot of people think of older generations and stuffiness. But it's not. You listen to the Overture of 1812, and you can hear a rock n' roll catharsis.” PeopleThinkingGenerationsRocksSceneRock N RollClassical MusicUnfamiliarCatharsisOlder Generation Author:Lola Kirke
“If you're comfortable with someone, you feel creatively free. Whether it's a comedic scene or a dramatic one, you don't feel self-conscious because you feel safe with the people that you're around.” PeopleIfsFeelsSelfSceneSafeComfortableConsciousDramaticSelf ConsciousComedic Author:Jane Levy
“I want actors. I want to be with other people. I don't wanna be alone, because of the connection when you're in a room, in a scene with someone, and it comes to life. You feel like the moment is something magic.” PeopleWantFeelsMomentsActorsRoomsMagicSceneConnections Author:Noomi Rapace
“When we have that scene where I shoot that huge machine gun, my first thought was "Why does anybody want this? What is the point of something like this?" I know some people feel powerful or whatever and I'm just like, " I feel like I want nothing to do with this."” PeopleKnowsWantFeelsFirstsDoePowerfulHugeSceneGunMachinesMachine Guns Author:Zach Gilford
“With mockumentaries, the conceit is that the characters are being interviewed, so you can start a scene and cut to a character looking at the camera and saying, "I'm working on this project," instead of having to figure out ways for people to talk naturally about what they're doing. You see this problem in pilots - people end up explaining things to each other that they'd never explain in real life.” PeopleWayRealEndsCharacterProblemCuttingFiguresSceneProjectsCamerasReal LifePilotsExplainingConceitDoing YouExplaining Things Author:Michael Schur
“I have never lived in New York City, but a lot of people think that I am a New Yorker, because I was embraced by the Downtown scene since the 1980s. For the record I was born and raised in Los Angeles, California.” PeopleThinkingBornCitiesRecordsNew YorkSceneRaisedCaliforniaLos AngelesNew York CityNew YorkersDowntownBorn And Raised Author:Vaginal Davis
“When an artist, or whomever, moves from their scene to the bigger pond, it starts getting crazy, because all of a sudden people don't respect you, and you have to start being a lot more aggressive than you would normally be.” PeopleMovingArtistCrazySceneBiggerAggressivePonds Author:Grimes
“So, as opposed to getting people in to read the script and read scenes with me, what I wanted to do was sit down and chat to these people and just say, "Okay. Do you share my sense of humor? Do you understand what this film is getting at? Do you know the tone that we're trying to get to?" And it was interesting.” PeopleKnowsTryingWantedFilmInterestingShareSceneOkayDown AndScriptsToneDo You KnowSense Of Humor Author:Dan Mazer
“When you're working on something where there's usually one sex scene in the film, it all gets a little bit of a gray area and people get a bit uncomfortable and awkward. You just get through it. But, it became very clear on this that that can't happen. There can't be any gray areas on this because there are actors and actresses coming in for a day or a couple of days, as well as people who are there regularly.” PeopleWellsLittlesHappensFilmActorsSexBitsClearCoupleSceneLittle BitAreasActressesUncomfortableGrayAwkwardGray AreaActors And Actresses Author:Michael Sheen
“The New Romantic scene was so tiny. Although it got lots of mileage in the media, it was a really small club with only a core group of people. As it got more popular, kids started to come from the suburbs all dressed up, but it -really wasn't as big as it looked.” PeopleBigsKidsGroupsMediaSceneClubsTinyCoreSuburbsDressed UpMileage Author:Boy George
“Warren Street was at the high end of the New Romantic scene. They were mostly college art students and people who knew top designers.” PeopleArtEndsStreetsStudentsCollegeSceneDesignerArt Students Author:Boy George
“I think drugs played a big role in the Taboo scene. People were taking copious amounts of ecstasy, which had filtered over from New York, and at a certain point you were more likely to spend most of the night in the toilets at the club.” PeopleThinkingBigsNightCertainRolesNew YorkAmountSceneDrugClubsEcstasyToiletsTaboo Author:Boy George
“People say that you want to be varied in your career, and I've done so many things and am very appreciative. But, the one thing I've never done and wanted to do was to be a regular on a TV show, where you get 22 weeks of the year to develop and play a character. I've done arcs of five or eight episodes on shows, but I'd like to have a character that's rich enough and deep enough to want to explore and live with for a few years. Playing the same character, but doing different scenes seems very exciting to me.” PeopleWantYearsDifferentDoneEnoughPlayCharacterShowsSeemsWantedCareersRichFiveOne ThingWeekTvsSceneExcitingEightEpisodesTv ShowsArcsAppreciative Author:Jim Piddock
“It is captivating, isn't it? England has such a great scene of electronic music, and I think that was very prominent in Pusher, and the nightlife was the beat of the film. I feel what is really great about Pusher is that it wasn't about drugs and guns and strippers. That was just all circumstantial. I felt like it was really about people and how decisions and circumstances can change relationships. Something just happens. Everything changes for a reason.” PeopleThinkingFeelsReasonHappensFilmFeltDecisionCircumstancesSceneDrugBeatsGunEnglandReally GreatThings ChangeProminentElectronic MusicCaptivatingNightlife Author:Agyness Deyn
“Kissing scenes with a boy or a girl, they're awkward. There's nothing sexy about it. There's a lot of people standing around.” PeopleGirlBoysSceneKissingStandingSexyAwkward Author:Jessica Capshaw
“My favorite thing to do is action-driven, emotionally-charged scenes. If it's not just two people talking in a room, but it's on the move and things are happening and it's chaotic, and emotion comes from the characters and from the action, and the fall-out ultimately changes the character relationships, that exactly the kind of stuff I like writing.” PeopleIfsWritingKindTwoCharacterActionMovingFallStuffRoomsEmotionTalkingSceneHappeningsMy FavoriteDrivenThings To DoChaoticFavorites ThingsPeople TalkingStuff I Like Author:Geoff Johns
“Everyone had coverage. You might have like three lines, but there were 10 people, so they would cover each person. Three lines could take 12 or 15 hours, but it was fun because everybody was together. As hard as it was to shoot those scenes, I always enjoyed when we were all together.” PeoplePersonsHardMightTogetherThreeFunHoursLinesSceneEnjoyedCoverage Author:Peter Facinelli
“Even if the dramatic scenes are really hard, if you're happy with what you have and it's been creative and you had a good time with the people you worked with, that's a good day.” PeopleIfsHardCreativeSceneDramaticGood TimesGood DayHad A Good Time Author:Ayelet Zurer
“You know I grew up on the Batman movies, and they had some terrific actors in, but you know a lot of the other ones - it wasn't always the case that you had people the caliber of Jeff Bridges or Robert Downey, so to kind of show up and work with Jeremy Renner or Robert or with Mark Ruffalo, any of them, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, the caliber of people you're acting with, to me, is really fun. From the first day I started doing scenes with Robert, it's been one of the funnest experiences I've ever had.” PeopleKnowsFirstsKindShowsActorsFunActingCasesGrewSceneGrew UpMarkBridgesTerrificCaliberBatman MovieRobert Downey Author:Clark Gregg
“Once you play with these scenes and you're outlining it, again and again, and telling each other the narrative, and telling it to people you know, trying to make sure that the mathematics of the story work, you feel that those are in place, and the actual writing and final draft doesn't take as long.” PeopleKnowsFeelsWritingTryingLongPlayStoriesSceneMathematicsFinalsNarrativeAgain And AgainOutlining Author:Brit Marling
“Emily and I have some funny scenes where we quarrel and it gets quite heated, the mother-daughter relationship. You know, film mothers and daughters adore each other. And some don't. But how could you not love Emily Blunt? But I think I'm just one of those people who's always discontented.” PeopleThinkingKnowsFilmMotherSceneDaughterJust OneAdoreQuarrelsBluntEmilyMother DaughterMother And DaughterMother Daughter Relationship Author:Jacki Weaver
“A lot of people think medicine hunting is all Chris trekking through the jungle. Or, for that matter, the chiefs and (male) elders he works with. The men get the headlines, but it's the women behind the scenes who are doing the planting and harvesting and chopping.” PeopleThinkingMenMatterBehindsHe ManSceneMedicineMalesChiefsHuntingJungleEldersHeadlinesTrekkingBehind The ScenesChoppingWorking Behind The Scenes Author:Zoe Helene
“I don't walk around talking about my life and spouting my philosophy to people I don't know. I mean, if I get to know them, I'll talk for hours. I guess I like a lower-key scene.” PeopleIfsKnowsMeanPhilosophyHoursWalksTalkingKeysScene Author:John Cusack
“The Beatles first appeared on our show on February 9, 1964, and I have never seen any scenes to compare with the bedlam that was occasioned by their debut. Broadway was jammed with people for almost eight blocks. They screamed, yelled, and stopped traffic. It was indescribable ... There has never been anything like it in show business, and the New York City police were very happy it didn't - and wouldn't - happen again.” PeopleFirstsShowsHappensCitiesNew YorkScenePoliceEightBlockCompareNew York CityTrafficVery HappyBroadwayShow BusinessFebruaryDebutIndescribable Author:Ed Sullivan
“Young people today are flooded with disconnected images but lack a sympathetic instrument to analyze them as well as a historical frame of reference in which to situate them. I am reminded of an unnerving scene in Stanley Kubrick's epic film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, where an astronaut, his air hose cut by the master computer gone amok, spins helplessly off into space.” PeopleWellsTodayFilmYoungSpaceGoneCuttingAirMastersSceneComputerInstrumentsHistoricalEpicAstronautSympatheticDisconnectedStanleyOdysseyFrame Of ReferenceSpace Odyssey2001 A Space Odyssey Author:Camille Paglia
“Andy [Warhol] was on the scene, but he wasn't an artist at first; he was more an illustrator. He was always surrounded by about ten people who worshipped him. He'd go to a party and they would all come along. But he was drawing shoes and that sort of thing.” PeopleFirstsArtistPartySceneTenShoesDrawingWarholIllustrators Author:Claes Oldenburg
“[In comedy] you never want to leave the actors hanging out to dry. So you need to come up with funny individual stories for each character, and then you do this sort of comedy geometry, weaving them together. Once you've got a funny structure and you know why the scenes are funny, then you get super funny people to say your own lines, say their own lines, say things in their own way, and every scene is a live rewrite in front of the camera.” PeopleKnowsWayWantNeedsCharacterStoriesTogetherActorsIndividualLinesComedyFrontsSceneCamerasStructureCome UpDryHanging OutGeometryWeavingFunny PeopleSuper Funny Author:Jeff Schaffer
“I don't think any actors love taking their clothes off on film, unless you're an exhibitionist, which I'm certainly not. Those are the scenes that you actually dread doing. But, so much more goes into this role. As an actress, it's all about reality, and I'm not a prude. I'm not someone who judges other people for taking their clothes off for roles. I'm not going to show everything, but nudity here or there doesn't faze me.” PeopleThinkingShowsRealityFilmActorsRolesJudgingSceneClothesActressesDreadNudityExhibitionistPrudes Author:Tamsin Egerton
“It's wonderful. It's amazing. I mean we have such a great music scene and art scene and there's just a great group of young people, you know, temping their way through their 20's doing other amazing things. And I've been in...I spent like 10 years working here without ever having been shooting in Toronto. And it's so frustrating because it's a great city. And I remember seeing Montreal actually used as Montreal in that Ed Norton-Robert DeNiro.” PeopleKnowsWayYearsMeanArtRememberYoungUsedCitiesWonderfulSeeingGroupsSceneShootingFrustratingAmazing ThingsGreat MusicTorontoGreat CitiesMontreal Author:Alison Pill
“And also, I'm most comfortable with like two people just sitting and talking about their feeling, you know, in a room with like two cameras and that's it. And I wanted to do something where there was like action and running and you know crowd scenes and big set pieces and certainly did a lot of that, so yeah.” PeopleKnowsTwoFeelingsBigsRunningActionWantedRoomsTalkingPiecesSceneComfortableSittingCamerasYeahCrowds Author:Nicholas Stoller
“And there's so much extra material. I mean, I've certainly read as you asked about do I read reviews and stuff, like people are like none of the jokes in the trailers are like in the movie. And it's like and we have whole sequences and scenes that weren't in the movie.” PeopleMeanWholeStuffMaterialsSceneJokesExtrasReviewsSequenceTrailers Author:Nicholas Stoller
“It was a very, very intense film for me. I almost lost my mind because there are scenes where I have to kill people, and that energy is absolutely overwhelming. At the same time, as an actor, you never play a character with judgment. It's not my place to judge the fact that she kills people. It's for me to look at her psychology to see what makes her do that.” PeopleMindLooksPlayCharacterFactsFilmActorsEnergyLostPsychologyJudgingSceneJudgmentIntenseOverwhelmingLost My Mind Author:Tinsel Korey
“It's so not sexy and intimate. There are 40 people in the room. There's a guy with his belly hanging out, with a boom in your face. It's really very technical. I think doing a love scene is tougher than doing a fight scene. It's so staged and you can't put light on her face and you have to hit the mark.” PeopleThinkingLightFacesGuyFightingRoomsSceneMarkSexyIntimateHanging OutYour FaceBelly Author:Boris Kodjoe
“There's a lot of people who don't understand the touring and the party scene and it's like, go to bed late, wake up early, drive for hours, play a show, meet crazy drunk people and all that stuff. I would rather be doing that than like McDonalds or something like that though. It's definitely fun but it's a lot of work.” PeoplePlayShowsFunStuffHoursPartyCrazySceneBedLateWake UpDrunkShow MeTouringMcdonaldsUp EarlyDrunk People Author:Sam Hughes
“The underground scene is still a cool way to meet a lot of cool people, see a lot of interesting bands and get a lot of food for thought, but people have to remain curious and get their brain activity food from other places besides punk.” PeopleWayStillsInterestingBrainSceneActivityBandCuriousPunkCool People Author:Jello Biafra
“The big change was reggae and hip-hop, which came along after Split Enz had started. When Bob Marley first visited New Zealand, he lit a fuse that is still burning very brightly. The Maori people particularly honor reggae music in a very big way. So there is a strong reggae scene and a strong hip-hop scene, especially among Samoans. There's still plenty of quirky stuff around. No one expects to make much money here, so it definitely does encourage an underground sense.” PeopleWayFirstsDoeStillsBigsStrongStuffHonorSceneHip HopPlentyBurningHipsHopsBobSplitsLitQuirkyNew ZealandReggaeFuseBig ChangesMarleyReggae Music Author:Tim Finn
“I think I began getting really influenced by that whole punk scene around the age of 13 or 14-I went through that whole thing like the shaved head. I was always interested in what people called "the darker side," whatever that was, and the kind of look that you would see in the old horror films. So I let that become more of my persona.” PeopleThinkingLooksKindWholeAgeFilmSidesHorrorScenePunkPersonaHorror FilmDarker SideShaved Head Author:Rozz Williams
“A lot of individuals I've met that I've done a song or two with. But to be honest I'm not incredibly familiar with the scene. I mean, I'm more familiar with people coming from other countries like Latin-American MCs and African rappers... that type of stuff I'm really starting to get a hold on.” PeopleMeanTwoCountryDoneSongIndividualStuffHonestTypeMetsSceneStartingFamiliarBeing HonestLatinRapperOther CountriesLatin American Author:Immortal Technique
“When you're young and you play music, you have a peer group, you come out of a scene. There's a lot of people you know, and then you have some success, and it all goes away.” PeopleKnowsPlayYoungGroupsSceneNow And ThenPeersPeer Group Author:Adam Duritz
“Athens, much like Austin, is a difficult music scene. There are so many musicians there that it is hard to get gigs and hard for people to take you seriously.” PeopleHardDifficultSceneMusicianGigsAthensAustin Author:Corey Smith
“See, because I played behind the scenes so much I already knew what to expect. So I started getting myself ready. I was creating work for myself to do. People were telling me to take a rest and saying "damn, you already acting like you going on MTV or something." In my mind I was because I knew it was what I'd have to do in the near future.” PeopleMindActingBehindsReadyLike YouSceneCreatingDamnMtvBehind The ScenesDamn You Author:Yung Joc
“The thing is, when we do fight scenes, when we kill people in the movies, they bring in experts to choreograph it bit by bit, because you can't really kill someone, and you don't want to really hurt them.” PeopleWantFightingBitsHurtSceneExperts Author:Annabella Sciorra
“Sometimes they come to you and it's a small role, so it's about the experience and the journey and mixing with people you know you will learn from. Or sometimes it's a scene in a movie that you think, 'I just have to play this person.'” PeopleThinkingKnowsPersonsSometimesPlayRolesJourneySceneMixingSmall Roles Author:Naomi Watts
“There are some people who love being a something, but I also got the gist in the 60's when I grew up that you could be, in the art scene, very diverse.” PeopleArtLove IsGrewSceneGrew UpDiverseGist Author:Charlemagne Palestine
“The movie was always something that was always kind of like a dream. From the start of making my YouTube videos, I've always been sharing my thoughts or opinions or just updating people on my life, but the movie is more of a behind-the-scenes look at what actually goes into my life.” PeopleLooksKindDreamBehindsOpinionSceneVideoMy ThoughtsYoutubeBehind The Scenes Author:Tyler Oakley
“Most of the people I've been fortunate enough to work with all share the same passion for creativity, for ingenuity, for playing make-believe and really just having fun. It doesn't matter if we're blowing up cars, or shooting an emotional scene in a police station, deep inside we all know our imaginations are at work, and our imaginations are manifesting into reality - at least momentarily for the cameras to capture.” PeopleIfsKnowsBelieveMatterEnoughRealityPassionFunImaginationCreativityShareCarEmotionalScenePoliceCamerasShootingHaving FunFortunateStationsManifestCaptureIngenuityDeep InsideMake BelieveBlowing UpJust Have FunPlaying Make Believe Author:Gabriel Campisi