“A lot of athletes have star quality, but they just can't perform in front of a camera. So no matter how good-looking you are, no matter what kind of presence you have, you still have to be able to be a convincing performer to become a star.” KindStillsMatterAbleStarsQualityFrontsCamerasNo Matter WhatAthletePerformersLooking GoodConvincing Author:Richard D. Zanuck
“I'm attracted to working with comedians because they don't have that stars' idea of what a hero should be. The downside is they're always addressing the camera too much.” ShouldIdeasStarsToo MuchHeroCamerasComedian Author:Michel Gondry
“I don't consider an actor a star if he's paid $20 million and grimaces in front of the camera and has a stunt man stand in for him. They may be fine actors, but they're not role models. The real stars are wearing body armor in 130-degree heat . . . They're getting shot at and they don't have any stunt doubles standing in for them.” IfsMenMayRealBodyActorsStarsRolesMillionsFrontsFineDegreesModelsShotsStandingPaidCamerasHeatRole ModelsArmorGrimace Author:Ben Stein
“I existed before Star Trek. I started in live television. I was there when the cameras were as big as a table, had internal fans that were whirring and tubes that, because of the heat, had to come right up to our face for a close-up. Now, we are talking about green screen and putting us in locations that we'll never visit. What has happened to us is a miracle, and the miracle is our inventiveness. The tragedy of our lives is also our inventiveness.” BigsFacesLife IsStarsTalkingOur LivesHappenedFansTelevisionMiracleTragedyCamerasTablesGreenScreensHeatInternalsLocationTubesInventivenessLive Television Author:William Shatner
“I've watched other directors as an actor and I picked up little things here and there about cameras, [but] I wouldn't consider myself the guy you'd want to hire to do Star Trek.” WantLittlesGuyActorsStarsDirectorsCamerasLittle ThingsHere And There Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“When you go to a movie with so many stars [like The Expendables 3], you don't know what you're going to find, exactly. You don't know if it's going to be an ego trip, ego on the set, who is taking this position, where the camera is, I want to be in front of this guy - that's true... It's worse, actually, when you have people around you that are very hungry to obtain something that they never had. Success.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantGuyStarsFrontsPositionEgoCamerasHungryThis GuyExpendablesEgo Trip Author:Antonio Banderas
“But once I saw them [Jackson 5 during audition], I rushed out with my video camera to start taping them because I knew that they were something so special, mainly because of the lead singer, nine-year-old Michael Jackson. And it was just so obvious to me that he was a star.” YearsStarsSawsSpecialCamerasObviousSingersNineVideoAuditionsNine YearsVideo Cameras Author:Berry Gordy
“It's fun to watch a true-blue movie star at work. They're really unbelievably charismatic. They understand camera angles.” FunStarsWatchesCamerasBlueAngleMovie StarCharismaticCamera Angles Author:Ana Gasteyer
“There is nothing worse than when actors come to a set - and it happens a lot with big stars - and they are too aware of where the camera is. They are the show. And that becomes apparent and it affects the production. I am like 'You should not know where the camera is - you should act, and I will do the rest.'” KnowsShouldShowsBigsHappensActorsStarsLike YouCamerasProductions Author:Paddy Considine
“I never envisioned myself being a film star at all. Most people know that pro wrestling is a little bit of an accident for me. I never really had any real aspirations of being in front of a camera.” PeopleKnowsLittlesRealFilmStarsBitsFrontsLittle BitCamerasAccidentsAspirationWrestlingFilm StarsPro Wrestling Author:Roddy Piper
“My co-stars call me selfish. They say you are only interested in yourself and what you are only interested is yourself and what you are doing in front of the camera. I reply, I can't help it; it's what got me where I am.” I CanHelpingStarsFrontsCamerasSelfishCall Me Author:Kareena Kapoor