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Sam Jackson is a director's dr...

Sam Jackson is a director's dream. Some actors hope to find their character during shooting. He knows his character before shooting. Sam's old-school. I just got out of his way. I never did more than two takes with Sam.-william friedkin

William Friedkin 66 quotes

I had absolutely no focus as a...

I had absolutely no focus as a kid. I never paid attention at school, I never went to college. Not because we were too poor; we were. But if I wanted to go to college, I would have found a way.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

There are many untalented peop...

There are many untalented people making millions of dollars in the film business.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

The first work of the director...

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

I believe it's true that there...

I believe it's true that there's good and evil in everyone and it's a constant struggle to have your better angels prevail.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

If you're a movie star, the st...

If you're a movie star, the studios don't want you to act. They just want you to show up and look good and chase girls and have a lot of laughs.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

The studios are making fewer f...

The studios are making fewer films. They are making more expensive films. Profits are tougher to come by. Not only because of the expense of production. But also because of the expense of promotion and hype. To boil that all down, it's more about hype than it is about filmmaking.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

When you go to a studio with s...

When you go to a studio with something you want to make, or they come to you with something they want to make, more often than not, it's a tent pole. Not something one single person is really passionate about on a creative level.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

I don't look back or analyze m...

I don't look back or analyze my films. I just make them. It's for someone else to look at.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

There are films that I've made...

There are films that I've made that I like a little bit more than the others. But the films that I mostly watch, and see over and over again, are not my own.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

I've seen my own films close t...

I've seen my own films close to a thousand times in one form or another. When you edit them. When you shoot them. Then you run them over and over again for sound and music. Then you'd go to premiere screenings, and have to do promotional screenings in other cities. I can't watch any of my old films.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

With all of my films that are ...

With all of my films that are on DVD and Blu-ray, I have spent weeks with them in a color timing room. Just changing or enhancing them. I have been desaturating the color. Sometimes I will make a scene bluer or redder. I do use the new medium. I believe in it.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

When you make a Blu-ray, its n...

When you make a Blu-ray, its not the same as the print process was. You have little or no control over any print that was ever made. You are a victim of the 35mm printing process.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

I have control over every sing...

I have control over every single frame on Blu-ray. If I want a scene bluer, I get that scene bluer. Originally, there was some fluctuation with the prints. If you made a thousand, or a few thousand prints, there is no control over any of that. But now I can make a master using the digital process.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

The digital process gives me t...

The digital process gives me total control over how I want the film to look. The films look like they did when I was first looking through the viewfinder.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

Every time you run a 35mm prin...

Every time you run a 35mm print, it picks up scratches. It picks up dirt. Sometimes it breaks, and you have to re-splice it. You lose frames. This doesn't happen with digital or Blu-ray. I think that's great. Because I love the new media.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

I don't like 3D. I don't belie...

I don't like 3D. I don't believe there is any film that I have seen and loved that would have been improved by a scintilla in 3D. To me, it's just a gimmick.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

To me, the art of cinema is th...

To me, the art of cinema is the same as the art of painting. The artist takes a 2D medium and gives you the illusion of depth. If you look at any of the great paintings, you have the illusion of depth. Which is part of the art. The same with the great movies.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

I don't believe that Citizen K...

I don't believe that Citizen Kane or Gone With the Wind, or any damn picture that you can name, would be better off in 3D. I think it's a gimmick. I find 3D distracting.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

You don't need great actors to...

You don't need great actors to do a 3D picture. All of this condescending stuff that they put out? 'Oh, we will always need actors.' Bullshit! They are able to take anybody and put some markers on them, and have them walk through an empty room. Then they paint in the background.

William Friedkin 66 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Неузнаваемая Ким Кардашьян в объективе фотографа Маркуса Клинко, 2009 год. Памела Андерсон в самой первой съёмке для журнала «Playboy», 1990. На фото голливудская актриса Dorothy Lamour и шимпанзе Джи...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....