“First play I ever did was 'Footloose.' I played the part of Willard when I was 16. I think I wore my drama teacher's jeans and her belt - that's how small I was. I know a lot of Willard's back story from the musical that's not explored in the film. Like he's got this whole relationship with his mama, and he sings this song "Mama Says".” ThinkingKnowsFirstsPlayWholeStoriesFilmSongTeacherDramaMusicalJeansBeltsMamaFootloose Author:Miles Teller
“I love films that make me react emotionally and physically when you walk out of the cinema. Two of my favorite films however have got to be 'The Tree Of Life' and 'The Piano Teacher,' which also stars one of my favourite actresses Isabelle Huppert.” TwoFilmStarsWalksTeacherTreeMy FavoriteActressesCinemaPianoFavouriteTree Of LifeLove FilmsPiano Teachers Author:Alicia Vikander
“The dreams of the past - whether it was public TV being rolled into the classroom to teach Spanish, or the film projectors or the videotapes or the computer-aided instruction drill systems - the hopes have been dashed in terms of technology having some big impact. The foundation, I think can play a unique role there. Now, our money is more to the teacher-effectiveness thing, and technology is No. 2, but I'll probably spend more money on the technology things.” ThinkingHas BeensPlayDreamBigsPastFilmTermRolesTeachTechnologyTeacherTvsComputerUniqueFoundationImpactInstructionClassroomMore MoneyEffectivenessDrillsBig ImpactProjectors Author:Bill Gates
“Film composing is a splendid discipline, and I recommend a course of it to all composition teachers whose pupils are apt to be dawdling in their ideas, or whose every bar is sacred and must not be cut or altered.” IdeasFilmCoursesTeacherCuttingDisciplineSacredBarsCompositionSplendidAlteredPupilsComposing Book:National Music: And Other Essays Source: National Music: And Other Essays
“There's a film I did called 'Front of the Class', about a teacher who had Tourette's. That was a beautiful blend of drama and comedy. There's some great moments of levity in the script.” MomentsBeautifulFilmClassComedyTeacherFrontsDramaScriptsGreat MomentsLevityTourettes Author:James Wolk
“Film students should stay as far away from film schools and film teachers as possible. The only school for the cinema is the cinema.” ShouldSchoolFilmTeacherStudentsCinemaFar AwayFilm SchoolFilm Students Author:Bernardo Bertolucci
“It also happens that I don't actually teach about the stuff I make things about. I'm not a film history teacher. In that way, it's also a release. But the ideas that I talk about in the movie are the same I talk about in school.” WayIdeasHappensSchoolFilmStuffTeachTeacherReleaseFilm HistoryHistory Teacher Author:Thom Andersen
“I didn't really know much about the Houdinis when I started. As soon as they sent me the script, I wanted to find out everything I could about Bess. Luckily, I have a really wonderful friend named Michael Mitnick, who's a writer. He was a magician as a child, and that led him to the theater, which led to drama school, and he writes films now. Magic was really his thing, growing up, so he put me in touch with his magic teacher who is a real Houdini expert.” KnowsWritingChildrenRealWantedSchoolFilmGrowing UpTeacherGrowingWonderfulMagicDramaTheaterScriptsExpertsMagicianWonderful FriendsHoudini Author:Kristen Connolly
“I needed to create some dramatic tension to sustain the interest of the audience. For instance, the boy in the film is not in the play, so this relationship that he had with the former teacher, and his guilt, this is not at all in the play. I thought it would be interesting to look at in the film, and I added stuff like that around the main character. For me, it was not more difficult or less difficult.” LooksPlayCharacterWould BeFilmStuffDifficultInterestInterestingBoysAudienceTeacherNeededGuiltInstanceFormerDramaticTensionMain Characters Author:Philippe Falardeau
“We also have this reflex of using specialists for everything, instead of having the person who is there every day with them, the teacher, talk about death and suicide. In the film, it's portrayed a little bit like a caricature, but it's the psychologist who comes in and Monsieur Lazhar does not think it's a good idea. He thinks he should be the one who should talk about that with the children.” ThinkingShouldChildrenLittlesPersonsDoeIdeasFilmBitsTeacherLittle BitSuicideGood IdeasPsychologistSpecialistsCaricaturesReflexes Author:Philippe Falardeau
“Now I realize that I have to let everyone take what they have to take from the film. No matter what I think about the film, it becomes a little irrelevant. I think I would say that the film is trying to show us that - and I spoke about that earlier - we have to let the teachers invest in their own classroom. There's no use in trying to control everything. Education is fundamental.” ThinkingTryingLittlesMatterUseShowsFilmRealizingTeacherNo Matter WhatFundamentalsSpokesClassroomIrrelevant Author:Philippe Falardeau
“I went to school to be a psychiatrist. That's where I was going until I had a teacher-student conference with one of my teachers and there were film school pamphlets, and he said, "You don't belong here. Get out. Go to film school."” SaidSchoolFilmTeacherStudentsConferencesPsychiatristFilm SchoolTeacher Student Author:Bryan Fuller
“I don't consider myself a teacher of moral and political positions. I don't want to be that. I can't help but have a point of view when I make a film, but my first job is to entertain you.” WantFirstsI CanHelpingJobsFilmPoliticalViewsMoralTeacherPositionPoint Of View Author:Sydney Pollack
“I was a trial lawyer. At the same time, I was a teacher. I taught about the political and social content of film for American University. Then I left and became a teacher at the University of California at Santa Cruz. I taught about the political and social content of film, but I also taught a course in law for undergraduates.” FilmLawPoliticalCoursesLeftSocialTeacherTaughtUniversityLawyerTrialsCaliforniaSantaIn-lawsCruzAmerican UniversitiesTrial LawyersSanta Cruz Author:Ben Stein
“Being the offspring of English teachers is a mixed blessing. When the film star says to you, on the air, 'It was a perfect script for she and I,' inside your head you hear, in the sarcastic voice of your late father, 'Perfect for she, eh? And perfect for I, also?'” FilmFatherStarsVoicePerfectTeacherAirBlessingLateScriptsSarcasticOffspringEnglish TeacherFilm Stars Book:Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets Source: Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets