My close-up was magnificent!

“There is too much pain in the world,in all shapes and forms.That is what these people represent.Pain from losing their homes,the death of a…

— Esther Verhoef

As a close-up magician, I was using gambling cheating techniques.

— Steve Truglia

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up. The shortcut to closing a door is to bury yourself in…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I don't mind close-ups, I like them, but they're kind of forceful - you see a lot, you get a lot of information in…

— David Duchovny

“Wonderful art can spring from misery,I'm the last person to deny that.I'd go even further:the best works of art of all time are probably…

— Esther Verhoef

'Play It Again Sam's opening shot is the same as 'Purple Rose's final one: a close-up of a face, rapt in a movie house.…

— David Rakoff

Working in film tends to isolate actors - it's your close-up; it's all about you.

— Kevin Spacey

You have to learn to express differently. Whenever I do TV or film, I ask if I can see the shot to see, to…

— Denis O'Hare

For a movie actor, the biggest challenge on TV is the number of close-up shots.

— Sonali Bendre

Self-examination with a close-up mirror in an antiseptic environment is what Nine Inch Nails is based on.

— Trent Reznor

Actors' performances in films are enhanced in a million different ways, down to the choice of camera shot by the director - whether it's…

— Andy Serkis

In professional wrestling, I think that they want you to be bigger than life. It's almost like an over-acting type thing - whereas on…

— Kevin Nash

“True freedom only exists in art.The problem is you have to be incredibly good.No,I am putting it wrong:You don't so much have to be…

— Esther Verhoef

I learned not to blink in a close-up or move your head at all, because if you did, they wouldn't use it.

— Frankie Avalon

The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to…

— Natasha Henstridge