“The thing about film is it is a very precise form. You know if you have it and you know if you don't have it. There's not really a middle bit where you're like, "I think we kind of have that scene."” IfsThinkingKnowsKindFilmFormBitsMiddleScenePrecise Author:Chiwetel Ejiofor
“I think most of us can remember from our own childhood, just in the Disney cartoons, things that frightened us profoundly. For me it was Bambi, the scene when the forest was on fire. That was something I had nightmares about. I can't imagine being a little kid of eight and seeing Night Of The Living Dead with living corpses eating the flesh of living people.” PeopleThinkingLittlesI CanKidsRememberNightFireImagineSeeingChildhoodSceneEatingEightFleshForestsNightmareFrightenedCartoonLittle KidCorpsesNight Of The Living DeadDisney Cartoon Author:Stephen King
“I like to think in camera, but at the last minute the most important thing is that there is something happening between the actors. But good actors can have a lot of scenes going around them but sometimes it sort of helps the performance because it takes their mind off of who they are supposed to be.” ThinkingMindImportantSometimesHelpingLastsActorsMinutesSceneHappeningsPerformancesCamerasImportant ThingsThings HappenSupposed To BeGood ActorsLast Minute Author:Audrey Tautou
“I wanted to stay in the game. I wanted to learn more about the league, what goes on behind the scenes. As a player, you don't really think about that, nor do you really care: you're worried about your job.” ThinkingCareWantedJobsGamesBehindsPlayerGoes OnSceneWorriedLeagueBehind The Scenes Author:Chris Pronger
“I have to say for both of us [ with Adam Savage], this experience that we've been having here has changed us dramatically, and we've evolved since we've come on the scene with Mythbusters, because of what we've learned, and that, I think, is the biggest reward for us.” ThinkingChangedSceneRewardsAdamSavagesMythbusters Author:Jamie Hyneman
“Sometimes with certain writing, you feel like you've got to be literal, hit it hard on the nose, just to get the point across. Good writing is more subversive I think - or good scenes. They are about one thing on the page but you can make it about something completely different.” ThinkingFeelsWritingDifferentSometimesHardCertainOne ThingLike YouScenePagesNosesLiteralGood WritingSubversive Author:Chace Crawford
“The more you do it, the more you learn to concentrate, as a child does, incredibly intensively and then you sort of have to relax. I remember the first film I did, the lead actor would in between scenes be reading a newspaper or sleeping and I'd think, 'How can you do that?'” ThinkingFirstsChildrenDoeRememberFilmReadingActorsSleepActingSceneNewspapersRelax Author:Cate Blanchett
“When I can't get the character out of my head, and I'm in my bedroom and I start to actually act out the scenes that I've read in a script, I think okay, I really want to do this.” ThinkingWantI CanCharacterSceneOkayScriptsBedroom Author:Saoirse Ronan
“I think you approach a part the same way and just find out in what's making them tick and who they are. In a movie like this you may have a little less time and few dialogue scenes and exposition scenes for your character to really get that across, and so I wanted to be able to convey that she's not somebody who's just punching a clock but she has this weird emotional investment in her job to where she does get quite myopic and that's what makes her relentless.” ThinkingWayMayLittlesDoeCharacterAbleWantedJobsEmotionalSceneApproachInvestmentDialogueClockRelentlessTickPunchingMyopicEmotional Investment Author:Kate Beckinsale
“It's very difficult to find the time or the money for people to organize rehearsals for some movies. It staggers me how little preparation often goes into these scenes which are difficult and complicated. You think, "God, it's crazy. I've never met this person before and here I am having to work at how to do a whole performance on the set." It was great to have a few days of just talking to Michael [Caine] and Daniel [Barber] and thinking about the characters and the relationship between them before we started shooting.” PeopleThinkingLittlesPersonsWholeCharacterDifficultTalkingCrazyMetsScenePerformancesComplicatedPreparationShootingOrganizeRehearsalHere I AmBarbers Author:Emily Mortimer
“The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.” ThinkingWritingRealHardHappensNovelSceneReal LifeFloridaCurves Author:Carl Hiaasen
“If all that's going on in your scenes is what's going on in your scenes, think about it a long time.” IfsThinkingLongSceneLong TimeScreenwriting Author:William Goldman
“Our producer Jon Davison thought it would be a good idea to put in additional TV scenes. So, they sent me a tape of these additional TV scenes, and I watched them, and I didn't think they were that great. I didn't think it was worth putting them in.” ThinkingIdeasWould BeTvsSceneProducersGood IdeasTape Author:David Zucker
“Sometimes, if you're shooting a complicated scene, you have to stay in a position and wait for the technician to do his job, and then you have to be where you're supposed to be, right on the spot. You don't rehearse all that much on films. If I think of the amount of time I spend on set compared with the time spent shooting, it's ridiculously short.” IfsThinkingSometimesJobsFilmWaitingPositionAmountSceneComplicatedSpotsSupposed To BeShootingTime SpentTechnicians Author:Catherine Deneuve
“I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I'm always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how to engage the senses, how dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what's funny, how to build distinctive and original characters - all the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.” ThinkingFeelsLooksRealCharacterStoriesMovingSoundBuildingSceneAspectTheaterOriginalsArchitectureSensesDialogueDistinctiveAlways ThinkingPlaywriting Author:Adriana Trigiani
“I think kissing scenes always feel awkward but there's just no way around it. But it's a part of the job.” ThinkingWayFeelsJobsSceneKissingAwkward Author:Isla Fisher
“Actors can be very precious about their work and their scenes, but I think good actors have a strong understanding of narrative and are very often not as precious about that stuff. They just can't be because they understand what makes for a better film, and that it's the job of the actor to work toward that, and then if you want you can go to acting class or workshops. But making movies is not workshops.” IfsThinkingWantJobsFilmActorsStrongStuffUnderstandingActingClassSceneNarrativeWorkshopsGood ActorsActing Classes Author:Kristen Stewart
“I'm getting older, so how people face grave circumstances is of interest to me. And you meet a lot of people who are very courageous, and it doesn't reek of something funny to write about, but I always think that the higher the stakes, the bigger the laughs can be, and the more emotional the scenes can be.” PeopleThinkingWritingFacesInterestLaughingEmotionalHigherCircumstancesSceneBiggerGravesCourageousStakesGetting OldGetting Older Author:Judd Apatow
“There are things that are about the entire genre, so it's weird when you look on Wikipedia and people say, "The scene where Angel grabs his fist is from Superman II," and you're thinking, "Ummm, no it's not." Or, "There's a shot from Matrix Revolutions." I'm thinking, "I've only seen Matrix Revolutions once, and will never watch it ever again."” PeopleThinkingLooksWatchesRevolutionSceneShotsAngelGenreFistsWikipedia Author:Edgar Wright
“In your actor's heart, you know when you're playing well. Others may not always agree with you, but I'm always aware of when the scene is cooking or not. You have an instinct about that from years of doing scenes and plays, and I think it stands you in good stead even in the TV world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldYearsWellsHeartMayPlayActorsTvsSceneAgreeCookingInstinct Author:Michael Emerson
“I think a shot can actually influence a scene in a huge way. For example, comedy is always better in a two-shot. What's between the characters is what's funny. So you learn about these things as you go along.” ThinkingWayTwoCharacterComedyInfluenceExampleHugeSceneShots Author:Emily Blunt
“If the character should be nude in the scene and it makes sense and I trust the person making the film then I don't see a problem with it. I certainly don't want to be involved in anything that is gratuitous, but I don't think the human body is something to be ashamed of. Every other person on the planet has the same parts as I do.” IfsThinkingWantShouldHumansPersonsCharacterProblemBodyFilmPlanetsInvolvedSceneMake SenseAshamedHuman Body Author:Rooney Mara
“I have no policy, for or against: only a personal style. Which is to say, I use them when I think it's appropriate to; for example, an internal monologue by a locquacious and verbose narrator is more likely to be larded with adverbs than an exchange of instant messages between cops at a crime scene.” ThinkingUseStyleCrimePolicyExampleSceneMessagesInstantAppropriateInternalsCopMonologuesNarratorsPersonal StyleAdverbs Author:Charles Stross
“A lot of improvisation ends up being about just thinking outside of the box in the scene. It's not improvisation as much as it is quickness or making it real.” ThinkingRealEndsSceneBoxesImprovisationQuickness Author:Jason Sudeikis
“I don't think people are going to come down to Texas and see every person riding in a candy car or every person sipping syrup. But, for the most part, people got a lot of the stuff right, talking about the screwed music scene.” PeopleThinkingPersonsStuffTalkingCarSceneTexasRidingCandySyrupSipping Author:Chamillionaire
“I think one of the things you have to be aware of as an actor is that if you come on the set and see the director standing there mouthing all the words while a scene is going on, that's usually a very bad sign because it means the director has already shot the scene in his head. He knows exactly the rhythm and the nuances that he wants delivered in the line and you're not going to dissuade him.” IfsThinkingKnowsWantMeanActorsLinesSceneDirectorsShotsStandingRhythmNuanceStanding There Author:Dustin Hoffman
“I think music changed when Bruce Springstee came on the scene. I think if it wasn't for Bruce Springstee, music would have gone in a very scary direction. We may have gotten to where disco music ruled - and I would've had to quit.” IfsThinkingMayGoneChangedSceneScaryQuittingDiscoDisco Music Author:Jeff Baxter
“The thing about the state of hip-hop is that people are too concerned. I don't think that there's a problem with being too concerned about videogames, especially for me, because I'm not in the industry. I'm just a consumer. But hip-hop is constantly like, "What are you doing for the scene?"” PeopleThinkingStatesProblemIndustrySceneConcernedHip HopHipsConsumersHopsVideogame Author:Aesop Rock
“I think the ambiguity of similarity and difference is very powerful. It's the same scene in different times of year read across the grid, and, of course, different locations reading vertically. But you can get confused and lost in the series. You force the mind, which is always comparing and contrasting, to stumble ... That ambiguity is very powerful. One is getting lost and refinding oneself.” ThinkingYearsMindDifferentCoursesReadingLostForceDifferencesPowerfulSceneSeriesOneselfCompareConfusedLocationAmbiguityVery PowerfulSimilarityDifferent TimesGridsGetting LostFinding OneselfLost And Confused Author:David Hockney
“I personally think that all the scene that you see, love scene, is pretty real, almost 100 percent.” ThinkingRealScenePercent Author:Tommy Wiseau
“I think it's very important to get this stuff on film, not just the behind-the-scenes of the process, but also the interviews with the women. We're going to try to do some on-the-street filming, getting people's reactions to the work, and seeing if we can get some street harassment happening on film so people can see what we're talking about. It's important to have some type of documentation so people can see what happens when we create this artwork and why I'm creating it.” PeopleIfsThinkingTryingImportantHappensFilmStuffProcessBehindsTalkingSeeingStreetsTypeSceneCreatingHappeningsReactionsInterviewsArtworkHarassmentBehind The ScenesDocumentationStreet Harassment Author:Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
“With me it started as a child, going to the theater and being totally transported but also walking out of the theater thinking I was the protagonist in the film and reenacting the scenes.” ThinkingChildrenFilmWalkingSceneTheaterProtagonistsWalking Out Author:Oscar Torre
“There are a few pretty fundamental differences. In voice acting, if you are doing game recording, for the most part you are going to be by yourself in a studio. With game voice acting you are constructing everything for yourself pretty much. You're thinking about what the other characters could be doing, trying to imagine the scene, you're constructing the entire environment for yourself.” IfsThinkingTryingCharacterGamesVoiceDifferencesActingEnvironmentImagineSceneFundamentalsStudiosVoice Acting Author:Ashly Burch
“The scene at a certain time was definitely boys; those huge warehouses were kind of violent parties, even. I think people in your immediate community made a nightlife scene that actually did break down gender roles and were along different lines of identity that had to do with race and experience in the '90s, rather than gender.” PeopleThinkingKindMadeDifferentCertainCommunityLinesPartyRaceBoysRolesBreakIdentityHugeSceneGenderViolentBreaking DownGender RolesWarehouseNightlife Author:Le1f
“You'll still work with some directors where that doesn't happen, and sometimes it's out of necessity because you're in a really complicated, choreographed fight scene and the whole thing is being prevised in a computer, so it's been decided months before, but I think that's sneaking into the way action scenes are shot.” ThinkingWayStillsSometimesWholeHappensActionFightingMonthsSceneDirectorsComputerShotsDecidedComplicated Author:Paul Bettany
“I think it's more normal to make a movie dealing with love, sexual or not, than to make movies about bank robberies, which very rarely happen in real life. So I would say the problem is not what some people feel is normal, I would say the problem is why this whole industry is far more obsessed with filming scenes of dominance, guns, invasion.” PeopleThinkingFeelsRealWholeProblemHappensIndustrySceneNormalGunReal LifeObsessedInvasionDominanceRobberyBank Robbery Author:Gaspar Noe
“One of the things I tried to do is to kind of talk my actors through the scene, but at the same time let them know how I plan to shoot the film and just give them an insight into the way I'm thinking, so that when they're acting out their scene, they can kind of see it in their minds' eyes.” ThinkingKnowsWayGivingMindKindEyeFilmActorsActingKnow HowPlansSceneInsightActing Out Author:James Wan
“I think the success of every novel - if it's a novel of action - depends on the high spots. The thing to do is to say to yourself, 'Which are my big scenes?' and then get every drop of juice out of them. The principle I always go on in writing a novel is to think of the characters in terms of actors in a play. I say to myself, if a big name were playing this part, and if he found that after a strong first act he had practically nothing to do in the second act, he would walk out. Now, then, can I twist the story so as to give him plenty to do all the way through?” IfsThinkingWayGivingWritingFirstsPlayCharacterStoriesBigsActionActorsFoundNamesStrongTermWalksPrinciplesNovelGoes OnDependsSceneSpotsPlentyThings To DoTwistsJuice Author:P. G. Wodehouse
“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
“I think I got into acting because I kind of had not much else to do! I guess I was kind of looking for something challenging. I heard about the London Theater scene and it was very different from the upbringing that I had and it felt like a challenge. And the whole sort of London Theater schools, I was told that 6,000 apply and there are like 30 accepted to each one. I was like, "Yeah. Let's see if we can do that!"” IfsThinkingKindDifferentWholeSchoolFeltCan DoChallengesActingHeardSceneTheaterYeahLondonAcceptedUpbringing Author:Jeremy Irvine
“As the actor, you can't be worried about the scene that you're going to playing two days from now. You think about what's going on, right now and in the moment. That's what you worry about. Everything is right then and there. In the end, all of the pieces come together, thanks to the editing and James Gunn.” ThinkingTwoEndsMomentsTogetherActorsWorryPiecesRight NowSceneThanksWorriedEditingTwo Days Author:Michael Rooker
“I'm a product of older filmmakers I guess, the past where you get to make movies and scenes are what they are. You know if you think about Scorsese back in the day when he was making Taxi Driver, or Coppola or Frankenheimer, Sidney Lumet, they're making films where you witness violence in a real way.” IfsThinkingKnowsWayRealPastFilmViolenceProductsSceneWitnessFilmmakerDriversTaxiBack In The DayScorsese Author:Antoine Fuqua
“Sometimes I have good ideas. I love that part of our job. It's a constant process of searching, of exploring stuff, and realizing things. You can be in the middle of the film and it's like, "Oh my God! I think we need to do this! Maybe in this scene she should shave her head!"” ThinkingNeedsShouldIdeasSometimesJobsFilmStuffProcessRealizingMiddleSceneConstantGood IdeasExploring Author:Noomi Rapace
“Music didn't really hit me again until the '90s, when the dancehall scene got going. The '90s were perfect for me. I would have really liked to have had The Slits out in the '90s again, to do tours and albums, because I think the '90s was a brilliant decade for music.” ThinkingPerfectSceneAlbumsDecadesBrilliantSlitsPerfect For MeDancehall Author:Ari Up
“I think it's important to keep the audience interested. But the best advice that I've gotten is to live in the moment. Sometimes you can get too into your head when you're in a scene.” ThinkingImportantSometimesMomentsAudienceAdviceSceneLive In The MomentBest Advice Author:Liana Liberato
“I also think within the scene, a specific scene - if I were to play a part that I played 10 years ago now, my interpretation of that scene would be totally different. I would be making different choices. Because I can't somehow subtract all of the experiences that I've had in my life. And it's fascinating to see, because somewhere I'm very reflective in that. You know, I've been playing basically actually close to 40 years old, so I'm somewhere lost in age in this movie. But it's been fascinating to see that I can't subtract that time.” IfsThinkingKnowsYearsI CanDifferentPlayWould BeAgeChoicesLostSceneYears AgoFascinatingInterpretationBecause I CanDifferent Choices Author:Jake Gyllenhaal
“I think it's a blessing that the show [Dracula] is on a network because it forces everyone to use their imaginations and be creative. The power of suggestion comes back. So, in the sex scenes, no one is ever fully naked, but I feel the suggestion is so much sexier.” ThinkingFeelsUseShowsForceSexImaginationCreativeSceneBlessingNakedSuggestionsBe Creative Author:Oliver Jackson-Cohen
“And while dollars have little to do with it, the fiction writer should be asking the same question any capable film producer would ask: Is this scene truly necessary? It is the kind of thinking that, put into practice, results in a story with a sense of energy and direction.” ThinkingShouldKindLittlesStoriesFilmAsksEnergyResultsFictionPracticeSceneCapableAskingDollarsProducersFiction Writers Author:Les Standiford