Scene Quotes · Page 17

You write a scene, and it works or it doesn't. It's immediate.

— Nick Cave

I really like when I read a scene and it scares me. That makes me excited.

— Lily Rabe

I hurt myself doing a fight scene with some dwarves.

— Kristen Stewart

When I first began writing music I was really inspired by the French electro scene.

— Charli XCX

Art is a crime scene in a sense, a crucible, of the mind and heart and our dreams.

— Philip Schultz

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

— Martin Scorsese

The entire behind the scenes of Saturday Night Live are all Canadian.

— Jamie Farr

The entire New York comedy scene has moved to L.A. - it's bled the New York comedy scene dry.

— Kurt Braunohler

A real explosion is not only much more fun to shoot, it also helps the actors and creates an energy on set…

— Steven Soderbergh

So on my screenplay, on the left-hand side of the page, I will put all the ideas that refer to the scene…

— Adrian Lyne

As a director, I like trying to unlock the subtext of the scene and try to put the camera in a place…

— David Brooks

I've got a very behind-the-scenes personality. I don't know how I became a performer. I like to stay discreet, out of the…

— Leon Redbone

Onstage I'm the one in control - I'm not at the mercy of how an editor chooses to put the scene together…

— Laurie Metcalf

Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us.

— Laurie Helgoe

When I'm working, I don't wake up and say, 'OK, time to go be intense.' I just look at whatever scenes we're…

— Michael Shannon

I was a grill cook at McDonalds for a little bit. I did landscape for a little bit. I played a lot…

— Aaron Lewis

When I started using the extreme short depth of field and single point of focus, I was trying to replicate my changing…

— Keith Carter

People will like to say that 'Eastern Promises' is brutal, but the only reason they say that is because the scenes stick…

— Viggo Mortensen

The movie [ The Innkeepers] is in no way a comedy, but I would put some of the funny scenes up against…

— Ti West

Usually you'd do the summer scenes in the winter. So you're out there with a T-shirt and hope nobody sees your air…

— Jamie Farr

When you do improv, you're everything. You're a performer, writer, and director, because you're moving the scene in the direction you want…

— Rob Reiner

I like the way Quentin Tarantino creates a scene using a series of close-ups or showing very cool images of a person…

— Masashi Kishimoto

With films, I just scribble a couple of notes for a scene. You don't have to do any writing at all, you…

— Woody Allen

For me, the more talented the actor is that I'm working with, the easier my job is because the circumstances of a…

— Marshall Allman

I don't like to think in terms of writing ten or twelve pages a day. Usually I'm writing a scene, and it's…

— Robert Cormier

Actors always direct themselves. A good actor shows up onset ready, especially in television, and you've done your homework and you know…

— Noah Emmerich

Good art means the ability of any one man to pin down in some permanent and intelligible medium a sort of idea…

— H. P. Lovecraft

I think a persons life is supposed to be like a DVD. You can see the version everyone else sees, or you…

— Jodi Picoult

The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. Our inner balance and even our very existence depend…

— Anais Nin

I definitely prefer the single camera better. For me it's the simple fact that I enjoy working in front of an audience,…

— Jonathan Groff

When you reflect upon the significance of Dr. King to this nation, it's criminal that he hasn't had a feature film that…

— David Oyelowo

That is the magic of travel. You leave your home secure in your own knowledge and identity. But as you travel, the…

— Kent Nerburn

Carvin Jones is one of the brightest young stars on the blues scene today

— Albert Collins

The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding whats on the page.

— Debbie Allen

You just don't really rehearse kissing scenes, whether it's male or female.

— James Franco

We're comparing our behind-the-scenes with everybody else's highlight reel.

— Steven Furtick

Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.'

— Anonymous

A lot of people don't know that the Go-Go's came from the L.A. punk scene.

— Belinda Carlisle

I've worked hard and accomplished what I've accomplished in the heavyweight scene.

— Lennox Lewis

You have all the scenes. Just go home and word it in.

— Samuel Goldwyn