Quotes about american-director
american-director class interested paid
I'm always interested in the working class people. I am one. They're subjugated, they're paid very little and they can make it in show biz. Taylor Hackford
american-director music poetry
Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody. Joshua Logan
american-director greatest mad magazine thrill
My greatest thrill was the day Mad magazine spoofed 'Ghost.'
american-director compact liked near protection settled unite
New Englanders were settled in compact little communities; they liked to live near the church, and where they could unite for protection from enemies.
american-director care fail films point suddenly view work
From my point of view I work just as hard, I care just as much, if the films fail it doesn't make me suddenly disown them, it just doesn't. Sydney Pollack
american-director somewhat stories telling
I don't think we soft-pedal anything. These stories are pretty extreme, but the way we're telling them makes them somewhat more humorous. Philip Kaufman
american-director desire hope less maybe music next soon work
I have a desire to work with some actors I really like, so I hope to get out there soon and be back at it - maybe a little less music in the next one. Cameron Crowe
american-director early rather
I feel that I'm leaving Williamstown too early, but I'd rather leave too early than too late.
american-director relationship
I couldn't have been happier with the relationship we had with Disney, it couldn't have been easier. Joel Coen
american-director anyone created creature horrible
I created a creature that I would find very unnerving, and I can't think of a more horrible way for anyone to go out than to be eaten. Victor Salva
american-director contractor design ibm interface
IBM was the original contractor for much of the computer interface design on the film. Douglas Trumbull
american-director
I did honest television. Real, live, honest television. That's what I did best.
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When I got lucky with Dean, I ended up with 16 years with one of the truly great performers of all time. He was the greatest performer I'd ever been around, bar none.
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It's not a monster movie. It's a supernatural thriller. Ed Wood
american-director causing entire half knows mysterious nobody opens solve stock upsetting using
Why if I had half a chance, I could make an entire movie using this stock footage. The story opens on these mysterious explosions. Nobody knows what's causing them, but it's upsetting all the buffalo. So, the military are called in to solve the mystery.
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Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello.
american-director completion looking minutes shot ten
We shot ten minutes of the movie, and now we're looking for completion funds.
american-director giving scripts secrets terrible
And I don't think I'm giving away any secrets here, but there are a lot of terrible scripts in this town. Frank Darabont
american-director cut improve reason using
The only reason for using another cut is to improve the scene. Edward Dmytryk
american-director dramatic mere
The film's dramatic requirements should always take precedence over the mere aesthetics of editing.
american-director counts films skill technical
Technical skill counts for nothing if it is used only to manufacture films which have little to do with humanity.
american-director bother certainly filming until
Well, that was certainly - to me, until we could film in Charles' room, I didn't even want to bother filming anything else. And in fact, I did hold off and that was the first thing we filmed. Terry Zwigoff
american-director intimidate scene somebody
What I often find is it has to do with, is we need somebody who's in one scene to intimidate somebody who's over 5'10' and there I am on the set. John Sayles
american-director amount billion dollars obscene spends television themselves
Just McDonald's by themselves spends 1.2 billion dollars a year. And that's just radio, television and print. That's an obscene amount of money. Morgan Spurlock
american-director
It can't be by hand, it's too perfect.
american-director cool felt stories whatever
I always felt like, okay, I'm going to try to tell stories whatever way I can and it would be cool to make a movie, and tell a story that way.
american-director
I think she said I should seek help. Something like that, but it was in much cruder terms. And that I had a fascination with things coming out of people's mouths. Sam Raimi
american-director beacon far local order scene willing
And it's a question of how far we're willing to go in order to let the ego shine, in order to let that beacon penetrate not only the local scene but the world.
american-director
I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people. Steven Soderbergh
american-director either sent
When you're sent something and read it, either you can see it while you read it, or you can't.
american-director
The key is, if you're not monkeying around with the script, then everything usually goes pretty well.
american-director effects experts hard
There are so many effects and so many things that are done digitally now that it's so hard for the director to really control the process, because there are more and more experts that come in. John Frankenheimer
american-director designer explain relate settings
Having started as a designer I have a lot to do with settings and costumes, because I think they relate to the story and character, explain it. Vincente Minnelli