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

even-when-you-have-a-big-budget-you-cant-just-shoot-everything

failure-is-it-limitation-bad-timing-its-lot-things-its-something-you-cant-be-afraid-because-youll-stop-growing-the-next-step-beyond-failure-could-debbie-allen

selfcheckout-is-negative-because-more-more-retailers-are-losing-personal-touch-people-want-to-do-business-where-people-know-their-name-communicate-debbie-allen

but-out-limitations-comes-creativity-debbie-allen

as-one-who-loves-literature-art-music-history-ive-been-deeply-rooted-in-harlem-renaissance-for-many-years-debbie-allen

time-management-is-big-part-directors-job-debbie-allen

as-far-as-pacing-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

you-have-to-examine-scene-on-page-first-then-you-get-into-basics-acting-who-are-you-who-are-you-talking-to-how-do-you-feel-about-that-person-debbie-allen

in-places-in-world-where-we-dont-speak-same-language-even-understand-that-we-pray-to-same-god-we-dance-to-same-beat-that-is-one-debbie-allen

michael-ralph-brilliantly-plays-street-prophet-west-indian-who-foreshadows-harlem-riot-debbie-allen

i-think-good-director-casts-film-that-actors-bring-lot-to-table-debbie-allen

im-always-moving-forward

there-are-some-scenes-that-work-beautifully-in-moving-sweeping-master-which-is-how-i-like-to-work

the-riot-isnt-seen-in-movie-but-it-is-alluded-to-he-has-this-one-speech-that-gives-great-sense-texture-paints-picture-what-was-happening-in-harlem-then

the-production-teams-first-meeting-took-place-at-my-house-i-had-ideas-color-scheme-in-mind-how-i-wanted-movie-to-look-because-that-has-to-be-real-collaboration

the-clothes-back-in-those-days-were-made-much-better-than-clothes-are-today-they-actually-took-time-to-make-clothes-to-fit-womans-body-today-they-make-clothes-that-fit-sizes-it-s

the-biggest-challenge-was-that-we-had-to-shoot-quickly-with-such-limited-budget

everything-has-to-be-well-thought-out-what-do-you-really-need-when-can-you-do-with-less-coverage

i-didnt-need-insurance-i-do-it-again-if-my-dp-tells-me-it-didnt-look-good-in-camera-if-actors-didnt-hit-their-marks-but-if-everything-was-working-why-do-it-again

a-director-just-pushes-them-little-this-way-that-way

but-it-was-not-possible-to-do-this-movie-in-this-matter-time-without-solid-rehearsal-period

i-use-something-that-is-real-staple-in-directing-world-its-called-dance-floor-you-lay-it-down-that-its-smooth-you-can-roll-around-you-can-put-furniture-on-top-it-its-seamless-you

it-goes-back-to-style-moviemaking-i-remember-seeing-as-child-in-movies-like-the-man-with-the-golden-arm-which-i-think-was-shot-all-on-sound-stage

making-this-movie-was-great-opportunity-for-me-to-explore-high-definition-im-glad-i-got-to-see-what-challenges-are-what-makes-it-better-it-works-wonderfully

i-got-my-dailies-every-day-although-i-couldnt-always-look-at-them-because-i-was-usually-preparing-for-next-days-shoot-both-as-actress-as-director

its-kind-dangerous-to-cut-in-camera-but-thats-only-way-i-know-how-to-direct

thats-only-way-i-can-control-my-movie-if-you-shoot-everything-then-everything-is-liable-to-end-up-in-movie-if-you-have-vision-you-dont-have-to-cover-every-scene

in-scoring-we-have-lot-that-was-not-evident-in-shooting-the-radio-is-on-all-time

the-radio-for-these-women-is-like-television-is-for-us-today-which-is-really-like-looking-at-radio