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Debbie Allen Quotes
A director just pushes them a little this way or that way. - Debbie Allen Quotes
As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when Ive got it. I dont think theres any reason to take ten takes unless you need them. - Debbie Allen Quotes
But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period. - Debbie Allen Quotes
But out of limitations comes creativity. - Debbie Allen Quotes
Even when you have a big budget, you cant just shoot everything. - Debbie Allen Quotes
Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage. - Debbie Allen Quotes
I actually did a film called Stompin at the Savoy,about four women who worked as domestics and were trying to get out of that life and into a better one. - Debbie Allen Quotes
I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say this is where I want to be... I want this look. - Debbie Allen Quotes
I didnt need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didnt look good in the camera or if the actors didnt hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again? - Debbie Allen Quotes
I got my dailies every day, although I couldnt always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next days shoot, both as an actress and as the director. - Debbie Allen Quotes
I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. Its called a dance floor. You lay it down so that its so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. Its seamless and you dont see it. - Debbie Allen Quotes
Im always moving forward. - Debbie Allen Quotes
Im respectful of other artists and I think there is a way to talk to actors to let them know they are making this. It all has to come through them. - Debbie Allen Quotes
In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time. - Debbie Allen Quotes
In the film world you dont often get much rehearsal time. Only on big-budget films do you have the opportunity to rehearse for a week or two. - Debbie Allen Quotes
It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage. - Debbie Allen Quotes
Its kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but thats the only way I know how to direct. - Debbie Allen Quotes
Its rare to find parts where you see two women who relate to each other in that very natural way, with a lot of humor and pathos at the same time. - Debbie Allen Quotes
Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. Im glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully. - Debbie Allen Quotes
Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot. - Debbie Allen Quotes
Thats the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you dont have to cover every scene. - Debbie Allen Quotes
The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget. - Debbie Allen Quotes
The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit a womans body. Today they make clothes that fit sizes, so it stretches to fit this and that. - Debbie Allen Quotes
The production teams first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration. - Debbie Allen Quotes
The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio. - Debbie Allen Quotes
The riot isnt seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then. - Debbie Allen Quotes
Then you give your actors broad strokes based on what your idea is for what is going on in the room and the circumstances surrounding it. - Debbie Allen Quotes
There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work. - Debbie Allen Quotes
Time management is a big part of the directors job. - Debbie Allen Quotes
You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person? - Debbie Allen Quotes
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