There is always a hesitancy with actors, and inhibitions can get into the work, so you have to figure out how to make it feel so loose that you can do anything, and if it is not right, that is okay because we’ll do it again. Barry Levinson Read Quote
The more pressure that an actor puts on himself, the harder it is to deliver behavior that’s interesting, and so I just try to find a way without talking too much. Barry Levinson Read Quote
My advice is that it’s easier to write than direct. If you have an interest in writing, write. You might as well start with yourself or some event you know well, and you need a point of view. Barry Levinson Read Quote
You used to need a big camera to direct, but now, anyone with an iPhone can tell a story visually. You can film something. You can start off with a five-minute story, then a 10-minute story. Barry Levinson Read Quote
Writing with a partner is, in some ways, an easy but odd process. Two people come into a room and look to each other for motivation. One might not be in the right mood at any given moment. And somehow, you begin; somehow, out of your exchange of thoughts, something engages both of you, and the process of collaboration begins. Barry Levinson Read Quote
You need to be open and explore while heading where you want to go. You can never be too in love with your own ideas. If you can remember every idea that is yours in a script, as opposed to someone else’s, then something is wrong. Barry Levinson Read Quote
We are a divided nation in the worst sense of the word, and we don’t hear the other side. Barry Levinson Read Quote
The business has changed, and some people can keep talking about theatrical in these wondrous terms – it will survive, but it becomes narrower what you can make. So the films I’m most interested in, studios – or even the independents – aren’t making them. I’m mostly interested in people. Barry Levinson Read Quote
It was about a football program that brought in massive amounts of money. They’re going to try to cover something up, because it’s about money at the end of the day. That’s clear. There’s no ambiguity to that. Paterno is much more complicated and contradictory, and that’s why he’s interesting to me. Barry Levinson Read Quote
How do I make the son, daughter, wife of Paterno interesting? Then you just have to start seeing people. Barry Levinson Read Quote
