I always think that there is the good and the bad of it all.
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 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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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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There’s no downside to having too much experience.
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Ronald Reagan was this actor who was going to be president, and he was very charming. What he had was, he talked about America in ways that got people all caught up in it. He was creating this America – it could even be the mythical “America” – that we subscribe to.
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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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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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Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I’ve not found that to be the situation.
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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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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 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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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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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.
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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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