Movie Sets – Quotes

I really enjoyed being

I really enjoyed being on movie sets, and I had fun with the people, but I didn’t really think about acting or care, or I didn’t think I cared about acting. Gaby Hoffmann

That’s not who we are as a nation, and let me tell you why: Because the Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy’s flipping burgers—she needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not. Eva Longoria

People are piling into

People are piling into England, there’s lots of studio films happening there. When we budget our films we multiply it by 1.55 it’s much easier than when we multiply it by 2 so the cost looks a lot less in dollars, because everybody talks in dollars in terms of finance. And then the shift that … Read more

But in the former,

But in the former, those movie sets that you’ve been on like that, even if they’re huge movies and most of its being spent in special effects afterwards, I think that’s the way that we’re going. Eric Fellner

I remember reading this

I remember reading this thing that Elizabeth Taylor wrote. She had her first kiss in character. On a movie set. It really struck me. I don’t know how or why, but I had this sense that if I wasn’t really careful, that could be me. That my first kiss could be in somebody else’s clothes. … Read more

I was thinking about

I was thinking about time, how on a movie set the shot is maintained in the same time no matter how many takes and hours pass. Reflectors and lights are added, footprints are smoothed away, so that there are no telltale clues as the day wears on. When the shot is finished and the plugs … Read more

You see a lot

You see a lot of sides of people on a movie set because it can be really taxing and to kind of go through all that together – you really get to know someone. Ed Helms

The only place where

The only place where you can be a dictator and still be loved is on the movie set Federico Fellini

Any athlete or any

Any athlete or any actor who’s preparing for a long time to step on a stage or step on a field or step on a movie set, who suffers an injury right before you’re getting ready to perform or to execute – it is a massive challenge that’s thrown your way that you didn’t expect. … Read more

Training not only anchors

Training not only anchors my day but also allows me to tap into endless energy and intensity. Whether I was performing at Wrestlemania or shooting a 16 hour day on a movie set, training allows the floodgates to open. It carries me through the rest of the day and night. Dwayne Johnson