Ideas Quote by Adrian Lyne

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

— Debbie Allen

When I watch a movie I don't really care too much about the plot - not that it isn't important, but what I remember…

— Jamie Hyneman

You're trying to create a screenplay and your screenplay is there to give you a structure, rigidity, situational awareness, who the characters are, what…

— Paul Greengrass

I look at the action scenes as placeholders when I arrive on a script, knowing that I'm going to expand on them when I…

— David Leitch

Don't listen to some outside interpretation - do the scene as it makes sense to you and the other actor.

— Stephen Henderson

There's this inherent screenplay structure that everyone seems to be stuck on, this three-act thing. It doesn't really interest me. To me, it's kind…

— Charlie Kaufman

Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their…

— Michelangelo Antonioni

There are so many films now where you know the story is a supporting role to the visual effects.

— Ricky Gervais

I want my film to be possible to use as a reference when we are trying to live our lives.

— Ruben Ostlund

Writing a screenplay is like climbing a mountain. When you’re climbing, all you can see is the rock in front of you and the…

— Syd Field

When I get a script, I try to create something and where we're going to go with a scene, because I don't know what…

— Greg Vaughan

When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually.

— Sofia Coppola