As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.
BARRY LEVINSONI think it’s a promising time which will show a lot of diversification that we’ve seen in the past.
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There’s no downside to having too much experience.
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I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things – worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that.
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We’re never going to be the ultimate-insider look. You can do 50 insider looks at this Hollywood business, and the satire didn’t intrigue me. I think others can do that.
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Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I’ve not found that to be the situation.
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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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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 got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs.
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Studios just sometimes make decisions on their own that you’re always flabbergasted by. It just happens that way for whatever reason – not even pointing fingers, it just is.
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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 it’s a promising time which will show a lot of diversification that we’ve seen in the past.
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When I began to think about the head of the family, the storyteller, the rise of television which became the new storyteller, the break-up of the American family as an idea and then Avalon came.
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A lot of time mistakes are very interesting – you look for the behaviour that’s not the one you expect.
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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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They’re intimidating the networks and levying these fines, so the networks are not sure of what they can or can’t do.
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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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