Camera Quote by Allan Dwan

Improvisation, for me, is when the cameras start rolling, we don't know where we're going and let's just waste people's time and money.

— Jason Bateman

You will find hardly any improvising on camera anywhere in my films. It's very structured, but it's all worked out from elaborate improvisations over…

— Mike Leigh

[on his use of tracking shots throughout his 50-year career] There's always a certain amount of camera improvisation.

— Allan Dwan

You know, when cameras are rolling, improvisation doesn't feel natural. The pressure is too great. You're on a time schedule. You've got 60 crewmen.

— Albert Brooks

There's always some room for improvisation.

— Satyajit Ray

Stylistically, in improv, I don't think you can have as many camera tricks; I think you're kind of shooting more like a documentary: you…

— Matt Walsh

We did very little improvisation on camera, and once in a while we did.

— Peter Tork

Improv is not something I had a lot of experience with, because for a long time, my only experience in front of a camera…

— Gary Cole

I don't like improvising on camera, particularly, but very often, a scene will not be working, and you rehearse it once or twice, and…

— Alan Arkin

There is really not that much improvisation in my films. There is an acceptance of a chance.

— Michael Snow

For the most part, improvising while cameras are rolling is very difficult. 99% of people you should never ask to do that, because they're…

— Albert Brooks

I love improvisation. You can't blame it on the writers. You can't blame it on direction. You can't blame it on the camera guy...…

— Jonathan Winters