A lot of time mistakes are very interesting – you look for the behaviour that’s not the one you expect.
BARRY LEVINSONI 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.
More Barry Levinson Quotes
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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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There’s no downside to having too much experience.
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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.
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I always think that there is the good and the bad of it all.
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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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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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As soon as digital editing came about, I immediately made the switch to digital.
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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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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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It’s always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie.
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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.
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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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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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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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You have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.
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