John Cassavetes - The camera is the slave to t...

The camera is the slave to the actor.

John Cassavetes

American Actor

Born: Dec 9, 1929

Died: Feb 3, 1989

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Camera, Actor, Slave

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Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee. James Cameron

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The dog is the perfect portrait subject. He doesn't pose. He isn't aware of the camera. Patrick Demarchelier

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When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, filmmaking is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself. Steven Spielberg

The writer must be a participant in the scene... like a film director who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work, and somehow manages to film himself in action, as the protagonist or at least the main character. Hunter S. Thompson

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