Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen
Deborrah Kaye "Debbie" Allenis an American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She is perhaps best known for her work on the 1982 musical-drama television series Fame, where she portrayed dance teacher Lydia Grant, and served as the series' principal choreographer. She currently portrays Catherine Avery on Grey's Anatomy. She is the younger sister of actress/director/singer Phylicia Rashad...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChoreographer
Date of Birth16 January 1950
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
(Self-checkout is) negative because more and more retailers are losing the personal touch. People want to do business where people know their name and communicate with them. With a world full of email and more self-service we will begin to start seeking out the basics from retailers who create emotion. There is not emotion out of self-service and most people buy out of emotion.
You want fame? ... Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying. With sweat.
The screenwriter's role was very instrumental, because it's difficult to take a stage play and adapt it for the screen.
We could have done this movie very differently had we shot on the streets of Harlem and taken a 40-day shooting schedule.
I basically shoot the movie the way I think it should be cut, so my directives to the editor are in the camera.
The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration.
Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.
The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget.
Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage.
But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period.
Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I'm glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully.
I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director.
A director just pushes them a little this way or that way.
In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time.