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 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 thought a great line in the What Just Happened movie said, “We’re just the mayonnaise.”
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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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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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As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.
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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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You do understand that you can’t force the situation, but in terms of how you edit, you can define that to take the audience along, whether it be a storyline or a character moment that we can play out. The more experience you’ve had, the more beneficial it is, period.
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No one really has the power, and everybody’s trying to get through the day, and everybody’s nervous and desperate.
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I think test screening works at its best when the audience knows what it’s getting.
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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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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 got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.
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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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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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