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Nothing worse than reading a love scene written by your father.
Alafair Burke
Love
Father
Reading
Nothing
Worse
Scene
Written
Than
Love Scene
Your
In Paris we have bistros, then we have fine dining. In London, you have a very contemporary scene with mixed influences.
Alain Ducasse
You
Dining
Fine
London
Paris
Scene
Contemporary
Mixed
Very
Influences
Then
A lot of times, the choice of the right song will save a scene. Or there will be a scene that's a little flat and you put in the right song and somehow it just comes alive.
Alan Ball
You
Song
Will
Alive
Somehow
Scene
Put
Lot
Times
Just
Flat
Little
Choice
Right
Save
The thing with film and theater is that you always know the story so you can play certain cues in each scene with the knowledge that you know where the story's going to end and how it's going to go. But on television nobody knows what's going to happen, even the writers.
Alan Cumming
Knowledge
You
Television
Scene
Writers
Nobody
Know
Knows
Always
How
Go
End
Going
Where
Happen
Story
Theater
Certain
Even
Each
Film
Play
Thing
I did a production of Macbeth in the 1960s in which I had a swordfight in the final scene. But the blade fell off my sword just as I was stabbing the guy. I ended up having to hammer him to death.
Alan Dale
Death
Final
Macbeth
Blade
Guy
Having
Scene
Had
Fell
Him
Hammer
Off
Up
Did
Ended
Just
Which
Production
Sword
If you give me a typewriter and I'm having a good day, I can write a scene that will astonish its readers. That will perhaps make them laugh, perhaps make them cry - that will have some emotional clout to it. It doesn't cost much to do that.
Alan Moore
Good
Day
Me
You
Good Day
Will
Typewriter
Astonish
Laugh
Some
Cost
Give
Give Me
Having
Scene
Write
Emotional
Perhaps
Cry
Make
Readers
Clout
Them
Much
Some films, you're lucky enough to get some rehearsal, which is just basic going through the scene, and, 'These are my questions, and this is what I'm trying to achieve,' and you work things out, and maybe a few line changes here or there.
Alan Tudyk
Work
You
Achieve
Few
Films
Changes
Enough
Out
Some
Scene
Through
Line
Questions
Get
Trying
Going
Maybe
Just
Which
Rehearsal
Lucky
Basic
Things
Here
What good is making a jewel if nobody see it? But cost depends on the story. To get those performances in 'Biutiful,' you need that time. You need 60 takes in a scene and a year to edit. It's not realistic to do it any other way.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Time
Good
You
Year
Realistic
Other
Way
Those
See
Cost
Scene
Takes
Performance
Nobody
Edit
Making
Get
Any
Any Other Way
Depends
Story
Jewel
Need
I think in L.A., in terms of the music scene, it's a really strange place. It's really hard to get the feeling that something's happening, or the feeling that something can make it out of there.
Aleksa Palladino
Music
Strange
Feeling
Think
Music Scene
Out
Something
Scene
Terms
Make
Get
Happening
Place
Really
Hard
And this system sorted out the Chechen war in just 20 days. This way, I used the President's power, he didn't use me. It wasn't hard for me to leave - it isn't my scene. I have nothing to do there.
Aleksandr Lebed
War
Me
Power
Nothing
President
Way
System
Out
Scene
He
Days
Sorted
Leave
Just
Use
Used
Hard
In Goodfellas they have this one scene where the camera goes down some steps and walks through a kitchen into a restaurant and the critics were all over this as evidence of the genius of Scorsese and Scorsese is a genius.
Alex Cox
Genius
Walks
Down
Evidence
Restaurant
Critics
Some
Scene
Kitchen
Through
Steps
Over
Were
Camera
Scorsese
Goes
Where
There's always the pressure on the director of how to transition from one scene to another, especially when it can really be oblique on 'Game of Thrones.'
Alex Graves
Game
Director
Pressure
Scene
Oblique
Another
Always
How
Transition
Really
Game Of Thrones
It's very unusual on 'Game of Thrones' for there to be a deleted scene because the scripts are pretty locked in. There's rarely a reason to say, 'Hey, we don't need this scene.'
Alex Graves
Game
Hey
Say
Locked
Rarely
Pretty
Deleted
Scene
Unusual
Because
Very
Scripts
Game Of Thrones
Reason
Need
If you film a scene in a wide shot, especially a disturbing, distressing moment, I do feel like that helps you feel as though you're the room with these people, instead of cutting it up and getting close - which you wouldn't be doing if you were actually in a room with these people.
Alex Karpovsky
You
People
Though
Distressing
Disturbing
Scene
Instead
Feel
Like
Doing
Were
Up
Close
Getting
Which
Room
Cutting
Shot
Moment
Helps
Film
Actually
Wide
My singing voice had rescued me from the scene I was in at school - I was an unpopular, bookish kid who had an indeterminate ethnic background. I became fascinated with women sopranos because they had a future that I didn't as a singer.
Alexander Chee
Future
Me
Women
School
Singing
Background
Kid
Unpopular
Scene
Voice
Had
Sopranos
Singer
Singing Voice
Became
Because
Ethnic
Ethnic Background
Rescued
Who
Fascinated
Similar to the telescope or the telephone, television enables us to see or hear things we never dreamed of. When you look at the details, a concrete scene between people is really something incredibly unlikely, something subtle that requires extended description.
Alexander Kluge
You
People
Incredibly
Unlikely
Telephone
Telescope
Television
Details
Dreamed
See
Similar
Something
Scene
Never
Between
Look
Enables
Concrete
Hear
Subtle
Us
Really
Requires
Description
Extended
Things
You remember where you were doing each scene. 'Oh my God, it was so hot that day.' It's kind of cool to see a movie that you haven't seen in a long time and reflect on that stuff.
Alexandra Daddario
God
Time
Day
You
Remember
Long
Seen
Long Time
Reflect
Kind
See
Scene
Hot
Stuff
Doing
Were
Oh
Oh My God
Where
Movie
Cool
Each
I've worked with actors who treat the first two takes like rehearsals. And that's okay. If the camera is on you and we're doing a scene where I'm off camera, I'm treating that as a rehearsal.
Alfred Molina
You
Treat
First
Okay
Scene
Takes
Like
Doing
Camera
Off
Where
Worked
Who
Rehearsal
Rehearsals
Actor
Treating
Two
A strong emotion, especially if experienced for the first time, leaves a vivid memory of the scene where it occurred.
Algernon Blackwood
Time
Memory
Strong
First
Vivid
Scene
Emotion
First Time
Occurred
Leaves
Where
Experienced
I got a chance to work with Judi Dench in almost every scene. How many Indian actors get that chance?
Ali Fazal
Work
Every
Indian
Scene
Almost
Judi Dench
Got
How
Dench
Get
Many
Actor
Chance
There's a scene in 'Singin' in the Rain' where this guy dances with a giant doll while singing 'Make 'Em Laugh.' I remember loving the pure physicality of it.
Ali Wong
Rain
Remember
Pure
Singing
Dances
Giant
Laugh
Guy
Scene
Physicality
Make
Singin
Doll
Where
While
Loving
I wouldn't treat a romantic scene any differently than any other scene. I would really say the biggest preparation was chewing gum and breath mints! For a kissing scene, it's all about the breath mints!
Alice Englert
Treat
Breath
Preparation
Other
Say
Would
Gum
About
Kissing
Scene
Chewing
Chewing Gum
Than
Any
Romantic
Biggest
Really
Differently
Usually with something like 'The 100,' because you're working so much and every day, and they'll change the drafts quite quickly, we'll go through maybe, like, 12 different versions of the same scene over a week. So there is no point in learning it on a Tuesday when on a Thursday it might be completely different.
Alycia Debnam-Carey
Day
You
Change
Learning
Every Day
Every
Something
No Point
Scene
Point
Week
Through
Thursday
Over
Like
Because
Go
Versions
Quickly
Same
Quite
Tuesday
Maybe
Different
Might
Much
Working
Drafts
There are a lot of actresses who can wear their Uggs during a scene, and I only do that if they make me do that - like if I'm working with a shorter man and they request me to take off my shoes.
Alysia Reiner
Me
Man
Shoes
Wear
Only
Scene
Take
Like
Make
Lot
Off
Request
Working
Who
Actress
I love to work. I know that sounds ridiculous to say because all people love to work, but I love the homework that goes into acting. I love figuring out different ways of playing a scene. I love the energy of being on set. I love not getting enough sleep because I have to wake up early in the morning.
Amanda Schull
Work
Love
Morning
People
Wake Up
Energy
Homework
Enough
Say
Ways
Out
All People
Scene
Know
Because
Sounds
Wake
Up
Goes
Getting
Being
Different
Acting
Figuring
Ridiculous
Different Ways
Early
Playing
Set
Sleep
If you just stay with it and take it scene by scene, episode by episode, all of the questions that I have, as an actor, tend to answer themselves.
Amanda Warren
You
Stay
Scene
Tend
Take
Answer
Questions
Just
Themselves
Episode
Actor
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