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.
BARRY LEVINSONI think it’s a promising time which will show a lot of diversification that we’ve seen in the past.
More Barry Levinson Quotes
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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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First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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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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Craig Nelson who is an actor and is in a show called Coach in the United States. We began to do some improvisational stuff and we used to get laughs and things.
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I think we are seeing a radical shift in the business in general. The studios are making much more of the real big extravaganzas and there are other kinds of films that are coming out. I think you are going to begin to see more diversification that we’ve seen in the past.
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You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.
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I always think that there is the good and the bad of it all.
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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 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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A lot of time mistakes are very interesting – you look for the behaviour that’s not the one you expect.
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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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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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You don’t always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.
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I’m fascinated by documentaries, to begin with. Because of the nature of television, as opposed to theatrical, documentaries can be in this long form and take you on a journey.
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