No one really has the power, and everybody’s trying to get through the day, and everybody’s nervous and desperate.
BARRY LEVINSONA lot of time mistakes are very interesting – you look for the behaviour that’s not the one you expect.
More Barry Levinson Quotes
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There’s no downside to having too much experience.
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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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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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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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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 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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It’s always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie.
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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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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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I don’t know that you can do an absurdist film and just have everybody embrace it in terms of filling out cards. I just don’t think it happens. So you have to prepare an audience.
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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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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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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.
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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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As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.
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