Focus group was helpful in the way it always is when you make movies, especially with anything funny. You can find the right edit or the right beat. In terms of cutting and rhythm, I think it's essential to screen… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share Image
Producer Ed Pressman had a book about Diane Arbus - it's the only biography that exists - and there had been many Diane Arbus… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
I remember in film school, when we made shorts, you'd sit there and screen them with your peers, which has its own flavor, because… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
Starting writing is stressful and scary and hard, but also, it's just like going to the gym. You're just stiff and weird, and you… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
Little projects - not feature - film projects - you know, theater things, writing things, and jobs like doing rewriting for money, stuff like… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
I spent a lot of time on Diane Arbus film, not only writing it, but running around talking through various production issues. All this… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
Focus group was helpful in the way it always is when you make movies, especially with anything funny. You can find the right edit… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
After the editing room, I go and take a nap. I'm not in the practice of writing, and I feel like I'm flabby, and… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
In terms of my peer group, nobody's parents were dying of old age. There was no dialogue to have among friends. I had that… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
I did watching my films with an audience at the beginning when we went to Sundance and we screened The Savages there. I watched… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
That's what all these studios do: They recruit people who've seen certain films. It's this weird, fake science-y thing the studios call a "tool."… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
I just thought that was so interesting, that people that deal with bodies on a much more corporeal level, like the attendants, had a… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
Ideally, I'd prefer never having to be in a test-screening environment. Some famous director said "The group is smart, the individuals are stupid," about… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
I had the experience of having my grandmother in a nursing home at the end of her life, and had dementia set in with… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
Writing is so... I don't know, it's such a practice, and I feel very unpracticed in it, because I'm not doing it every day.… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
Obviously, once you're finished, you're like, "Okay, I have to make this a movie now, and I need people - bodies to play these… — Tamara Jenkins Copy Share
