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.
BARRY LEVINSON- 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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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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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 do know when you look at some ballplayer and all of a sudden he is the size of a truck something is wrong.
BARRY LEVINSONI 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 think when Sarah Palin opened her mouth and started talking, the more she talked, the less appealing she became.
BARRY LEVINSONI think when Sarah Palin opened her mouth and started talking, the more she talked, the less appealing she became.
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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.
BARRY LEVINSONWe’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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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.
BARRY LEVINSONThe 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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You don’t always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.
BARRY LEVINSONYou 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.
BARRY LEVINSONI’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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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 LEVINSONI 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.
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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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It’s always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie.
BARRY LEVINSONIt’s always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie.
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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.
BARRY LEVINSONFirst of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
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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.
BARRY LEVINSONCraig 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.
BARRY LEVINSONI 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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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 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.
BARRY LEVINSONI 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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I play around with human things, human relationships and that, and allow that kind of talk to work in that way, on that level.
BARRY LEVINSONI 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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