I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show.
BARRY LEVINSONAs soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.
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I do know when you look at some ballplayer and all of a sudden he is the size of a truck something is wrong.
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I don’t know that you can do it as a satire. I mean, the business is crazy enough as it is. It’s like doing Wag The Dog – we took a thing that was almost completely absurd on one level, and then ultimately those things came about.
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The interesting thing about movies, it’s not always – y’know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.
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I think certain movies work and that is part of the magic of it all. We can’t truly define why something succeeds.
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There’s no downside to having too much experience.
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There was a time when I said, “I’m going to go do a television thing,” after doing all these theatrical films, and heard, “Television? Why are you going to go back to television?” It’s an interesting place.
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I play around with human things, human relationships and that, and allow that kind of talk to work in that way, on that level.
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I always think that there is the good and the bad of it all.
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Even back in the ’90s, I shot certain things on something that wasn’t digital then, but it was on VHS with a smaller camera and we would up it to film.
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I think test screening works at its best when the audience knows what it’s getting.
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I’ve had a lot of movies that didn’t get great numbers on test screening, but a lot of times the film was able to survive, or the studio still stayed and supported it.
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I think when Sarah Palin opened her mouth and started talking, the more she talked, the less appealing she became.
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I think it’s a promising time which will show a lot of diversification that we’ve seen in the past.
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As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.
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All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that’s what ultimately works the best for me.
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