I think it’s a promising time which will show a lot of diversification that we’ve seen in the past.
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.
More Barry Levinson Quotes
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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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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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You don’t always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.
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You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.
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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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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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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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There’s no downside to having too much experience.
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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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As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.
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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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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 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 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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