Debbie Allen quotes

But out of limitations comes creativity. (Debbie Allen)
I'm always moving forward. View quote
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Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot. View quote
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Time management is a big part of the director's job. View quote
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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 woman's body. Today they make clothes that fit sizes, so it stretches to fit this and that. View quote
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I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look. View quote
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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? View quote
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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. View quote
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There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work. View quote
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The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio. View quote
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The riot isn't 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)
As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them. View quote
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I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again? View quote
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It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct. View quote
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I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. It's seamless and you don't see it. View quote
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That's 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 don't have to cover every scene. View quote
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(Self-checkout is) negative because more and more retailers are losing the personal touch. People want to do business where people know their name and communicate with them. With a world full of email and more self-service we will begin to start seeking out the basics from retailers who create emotion. There is not emotion out of self-service and most people buy out of emotion. View quote
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I think a good director casts a film so that the actors bring a lot to the table. View quote
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As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years. View quote
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Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage. View quote
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Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything. (Debbie Allen)
A director just pushes them a little this way or that way. View quote
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The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget. View quote
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But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period. View quote
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The production team's 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. View quote
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