“I have two concerns with my work: having good things to act, and getting paid. In that order. Although if you're not getting paid well, that order can change. But that's what I'm concerned about. Good scenes. Decent money.” IfsWellsTwoOrderSceneConcernConcernedPaidGood ThingsDecent Author:Terry O'Quinn
“Watching the completed version of The Two Towers for example, I was very conscious of scenes - sometimes whole sequences - that I had seen being filmed or edited but which hadn't made it into the final cut.” MadeTwoSometimesWholeCuttingExampleSceneConsciousFinalsVersionsMade ItTowersSequenceEditedTwo Towers Author:Brian Sibley
“I had this extraordinarily bizarre moment when, two Fridays ago, my missus gave birth to our second child at 11am and by the same time the following day I was sitting around a table with Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio in Rabat in Morocco, rehearsing a scene we were going to shoot the next day.” ChildrenTwoMomentsNextBirthSceneSittingTablesFollowingNext DayBizarreFridaySitting AroundLeonardoRehearsingMoroccoSitting Around A Table Author:Mark Strong
“In acting there's two different things: You're either pitching in a scene, or you're catching.” TwoDifferentActingSceneDifferent ThingsCatchingPitchingTwo Different Things Author:Robin Tunney
“I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and we're doing a scene where I'm off camera, I'm treating that as a rehearsal.” IfsFirstsTwoActorsSceneOkayTreatsCamerasRehearsal Author:Alfred Molina
“To make it more familiar to me, I ended up treating my swordplay scenes like choreography. So it was, 'One and two and three and four and five, and turn and step and down and up and lunge.” TwoTurnsThreeStepsFiveFourSceneDown AndFamiliarChoreography Author:Catherine Zeta-Jones
“Cut like crazy. Less is more. I've often read manuscripts - including my own - where I've got to the beginning of, say, chapter two and have thought: “This is where the novel should actually start.” A huge amount of information about character and backstory can be conveyed through small detail. The emotional attachment you feel to a scene or a chapter will fade as you move on to other stories. Be business-like about it.” FeelsShouldTwoCharacterStoriesMovingMy OwnNovelCuttingCrazyInformationEmotionalHugeAmountSceneIncludingDetailsAttachmentFadesChaptersManuscriptsLess Is MoreSmall Details Author:Sarah Waters
“Nudity and sex scenes are two completely different things. Nudity you can kind of get used to, but not when there is movement and relating involved. The sex scenes are very uncomfortable because that's something to be protected, so you have a visceral reaction to not exploit that.” KindTwoDifferentUsedSexMovementInvolvedSceneReactionsUncomfortableDifferent ThingsProtectedExploitsNudityVisceral Author:Lucy Lawless
“An Emraan Hashmi film has come to guarantee certain ingredients: An intense, grey central character, a beautiful girl - if he gets lucky, then two - couple of kisses, a few bold scenes, fabulous music and a climatic twist.” IfsTwoCharacterBeautifulFilmCertainGirlCoupleSceneLuckyKissingIntenseGuaranteesIngredientsGreyFabulousTwistsBeautiful Girl Author:Emraan Hashmi
“Every actor wants to get their two cents in about a scene at the end of the day.” WantTwoEndsActorsSceneThe End Of The DayCentsTwo Cents Author:Madonna Ciccone
“The church in the book (and movie) plays a pivotal scene. We looked everywhere .. I mean everywhere! We had to have enough of a front yard area to house a Nativity scenes. And we finally found it .. two miles from our office. And we had been all over Tulsa looking. We were looking in places in Texas, everywhere! And I was in the car with the director and we drove by the church.” MeanTwoBookEnoughPlayFoundHouseChurchCarFrontsSceneDirectorsOfficeAreasMilesTexasYardsPivotalBooks And MoviesNativityTulsa Author:Luka Magnotta