First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct.
BARRY LEVINSONCraig 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.
More Barry Levinson Quotes
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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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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 have a movie and it proves itself and then certain things happen.
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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 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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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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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 always think that there is the good and the bad of it all.
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It’s always hard to explain why an audience ultimately responds to a movie.
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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 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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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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You don’t always have to have the ending, but you want to have a satisfactory conclusion.
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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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