“I don't get the jitters and I don't get nervous, because I build that comfort on set for myself. Sometimes if I'm gonna do something really crazy, it helps me to yell or look like an idiot on set, so that when I'm about to do a scene, I've already embarrassed myself. I find ways to work around getting the jitters.” IfsWayLooksSometimesHelpingCrazyComfortSceneNervousIdiotHelp MeEmbarrassedJitters Author:Logan Lerman
“I was in a play directed by my father, and I was doing a fight scene, and the choreography went haywire, and I flew backward over a chair and ripped my thumb all the way to my wrist and had to have surgery to sew up all the tendons in there.” WayPlayFightingFatherSceneChairsSurgeryThumbsFlewWristsRippedChoreography Author:Jeremy Piven
“I would say, stay the hell away from the party scene. Anything you put in front of your goal, and especially something like that, whether it's too much gambling, too much food, too much (sic) cold beers on the weekend - anything that you put in front of the prize is going to end up getting in the way and hurting you in the end.” WayEndsGoalHurtPartyHellToo MuchFrontsColdSceneBeerPrizeGamblingWeekendHurting YouCold Beer Author:Brad Renfro
“I just wrapped 'Eclipse' yesterday and the last scene we shot is probably my favorite thus far. I finally got to tell my story, in a very gentle yet elaborate way.” WayStoriesLastsSceneShotsMy FavoriteYesterdayGentleEclipse Author:Nikki Reed
“Never sit staring at a blank page or screen. If you find yourself stuck, write. Write about the scene you're trying to write. Writing about is easier than writing, and chances are, it will give you your way in.” IfsWayGivingWritingTryingChanceEasierScenePagesScreensStuckStaringFinding YourselfBlankChances AreBlank Pages Author:Laini Taylor
“The biggest challenge for me has been in coping with my perfectionism. I have a stiflingly hard time moving forward in a project if it's not 'just right' all along the way. The trap I so easily fall into is rewriting and rewriting the same scenes over and over to make them perfect, instead of continuing on into the wild unknown of the story.” IfsWayHas BeensHardStoriesMovingFallChallengesPerfectSceneProjectsMoving ForwardHard TimesContinuingTrapsCopingPerfectionismRewritingContinuing On Author:Laini Taylor
“The music I listen to while writing is really scene-specific. It's just a great motivator, a way to put myself in the mood.” WayWritingSceneMood Author:Jeff VanderMeer
“Especially with a comedy, you've got the clear cut goal of trying to make a scene funny. It's not like drama where you're trying to achieve some kind of emotion or trying to further the story along. You're trying to figure out what's the funniest way to do something.” WayTryingKindStoriesGoalEmotionClearComedyCuttingAchieveFiguresDramaScene Author:Luke Wilson
“It didn't matter as much because I'm a singer, not an actress, but my face is more acceptable in a way now than when I first came on the scene, because I'm part black.” WayFirstsMatterFacesBlackSceneActressesSingersAcceptable Author:Carly Simon
“I don't hold to the idea that God causes suffering and crisis. I just know that those things come along and God uses them. We think life should be a nice, clean ascending line. But inevitably something wanders onto the scene and creates havoc with the nice way we've arranged life to fall in place.” ThinkingKnowsWayShouldIdeasUseSufferingFallCausesLinesNiceSceneCrisisCleanWanderHavocAscending Author:Sue Monk Kidd
“I love it when characters surprise you, just like real people. When I write a scene I just try to make the characters behave in a way that feels natural to them. Sometimes that means they make a left turn and do something unexpected. Those are always the best scenes in my opinion.” PeopleWayFeelsWritingTryingMeanRealSometimesCharacterTurnsLeftNaturalOpinionSceneSurpriseBehaveUnexpectedSomething Unexpected Author:Brad Falchuk
“I love TV. I know all the theme songs from the shows I watch. I'm not one of those who'd rather be a movie star. I prefer TV because of the rushed way of working-on a movie set, you sit around and wait and wait to do a scene because they're adjusting the lights.” KnowsWayShowsLightSongStarsWaitingWatchesTvsSceneThemeMovie StarAdjustingMovie Sets Author:Dana Hill
“It makes it easier, if you can't do an American accent. I don't know. It's different. I played a character in Never Let Me Go where the script for my character was very sparse, and I enjoyed it. With Never Let Me Go, I had a whole book written from my character's point of view, so I always knew where I was. But, with Ryan [Gosling], it was just easy. He's such a brilliant actor and he is so prepared. He doesn't have to warm himself up to be in a scene. He's just in it. It draws you in, in a way.” IfsKnowsWayBookDifferentWholeCharacterActorsEasyViewsWrittenEasierSceneDrawsLet MePreparedScriptsWarmPoint Of ViewBrilliantEnjoyedAccentsLet Me GoNever Let Me Go Author:Carey Mulligan
“I'm just aware of what I'm thinking and feeling but I do obviously have to get that to the back of the auditorium. So there are things like projection and filling the room, and not dropping the ends of lines - technical things which are important, but I don't think they change the way I feel in a scene.” ThinkingWayFeelsImportantEndsFeelingsLinesRoomsSceneFillingProjectionDroppingAuditoriums Author:Bill Nighy
“You can imagine several scenes from Star Wars? The way they looked? For me, that's how music is. Sometimes I'll be developing riffs for songs, just while I'm sitting around and not playing.” WayWarSometimesSongStarsImagineSceneMusic IsSittingDevelopingSitting Around Author:Ryan Adams