When they do let them sustain on screen from head to toe, though, then you know they must think the person is a good dancer.
I'm an actor; I have made my living by acting, and I almost think I owe it to the public to express my feelings and not as a character on a screen but as myself.
When the 'Batman' TV series was taken to the silver screen, one of America's favourite sweethearts would don the mask and claws of Catwoman.
What someone does when viewing content on a tablet is different than the lean-back mentality of watching on the big screen.
Way up in the nosebleeds we watched him on the screen, they'd hung between the billboards so cheaper seats could see.
You wonder if God doesn't have an answering machine to screen out the prayers of the venal and the boring? And in which category has he placed you?
I have stage combat training from college, which is drastically different than fighting for the screen, but I do enjoy that kind of stuff.
I have the face of an ageing choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight. If you can figure out my success on the screen you're a better man than I.
I'm one of those people, when I see a film, I believe it to be true. You know, sort of the authenticity of the camera and seeing things on a screen.
In art, scandal is a false narrative, a smoke screen that camouflages rather than reveals. When we don't know what we're seeing, we overreact.
You talk about Steve Jobs when he came out with the iPhone, and everyone thought it was amazing: you touch it and move the screen.
If you're writing a screenplay, you need to be prepared to let go: there's a good chance the words you write aren't going to be the ones that end up on screen.
My mother was a barmaid and I was raised in a trailer park. I'm used to that language. I put it on the screen so that people could interpret it as they wish.
[I made in army] all sorts of dumb things, but it did teach me a lot about the silk-screen process.
It's very tricky to throw a morally flexible character onto the screen and have an audience empathize. It's always an exercise in restraint.
I'm most concerned with committing to characters that contribute to more complex, modern and dynamic Asian-American representation on screen.
People like my fashion sense a lot, but somehow, I never got a chance to wear stuff that I love on screen.
I gave up on the big screen. The Witching Hour was at Warner Bros. for 10 years and it just didn't work out.
I couldn't imagine something asking as much of me as 'House Of Cards.' It's a great warm-up for coming back to the screen.
I'm really excited about this generation of young women that can look at a screen and see some brown people in space.
I love great locations in movies, and I couldn't believe I'd never seen a landfill on screen before. It was the most haunting place.
I know I've got the ability to bring a sense of menace to the screen. I have that specific competence, and it's generally kept me working.
I was a big Mickey Rourke fan in his first incarnation. I thought that at the time he was America's greatest screen actor.
Whoever portrays me on screen need not necessarily be a look alike. Any hero could play my part.
Actors are here to perform various kind of roles and we represent some another character. You can't judge us by what we portray on screen.
I closed my eyes to watch tiny dancers like jeweled birds cross the dark screen of my eyelids.
To get on screen with the Talking Asshole, quite a feat. And it's certainly going to be a cult film that people will be seeing.
It's really important to make the time to curl up and not look at a screen at night. Just to escape into a good book.
Whenever people see me on screen, I want them to feel that I am making an effort and pushing the envelope.
I think now I'm just excited to continue directing and find stories that inspire me and bring those to the screen.
Anyone who has watched 'Premam' in theaters would understand the camaraderie between the members on and off the screen and that's what translated to that brilliance.
My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?
When I was a kid, I used to deliver the newspaper all over town, cramming papers between screen doors and into mailboxes and under doormats.
My goal in life is to bring to the screen really believable depictions that make you think, "Damn, I have to look within myself."
The experience of an actual film from idea to screen will teach me more than most books and lectures.
I am a stress buster. Because I knew what people react or think after watching me on screen and I love it.
I oftentimes find with movies that the heavier the onscreen situation is, the more levity there is off screen. It's almost out of necessity.
The biggest problem with the independent film sector in Toronto is that they find themselves having to make that budget show on screen.
You gotta understand, when moving images first started, people wanted sound, color, big screen and depth.
Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.
'Generation Kill' was not a very glamorous shoot. For all intents and purposes, it was low budget, and all the money they had went to what you see on the screen.
It is a challenging task to adapt a book to screen presentation and you will not be able to satisfy those who read the classic novel.
If you are a great guy off screen but you are a bad actor and are dishonest to your work, then I would not spend my money on you.
Though I'm a very broad-minded girl, I don't think any parent would appreciate their daughter stripping on-screen.
I hope 'Chess' will hit the big screen. It seems a natural to me. Good venues, tunes, and politics.
Everyone, when you're a teenager and you're growing up, you do feel like your life is dramatic enough to be on a TV screen, but we know that it's not.
If we don't start representing women properly on screen now, we're never going to change our opinion of them as a society.
Rehearsals and screening rooms are often unreliable because they can't provide the chemistry between an audience and what appears on the stage or screen.
Do ye not comprehend that we are worms born to bring forth the angelic butterfly that flieth unto judgment without screen?
You are faced with the choice: either my integrity remains intact and this is the work that ends up on the screen, or I have to leave, and I have to be known to have left.
For my art GCSE, I did a screen print of the Queen's head that was basically an Andy Warhol rip-off, but I didn't realise.
I started out dabbling in rock and roll; then I did playback, and I have also sung for my own songs on screen.
I will be playing the role of Pullela Gopichand in the PV Sindhu biopic. It's an honor to be able to portray him on screen.
Going to the cinema is like returning to the womb; you sit there, still and meditative in the darkness, waiting for life to appear on the screen.
Acting is a different beast on screen. I'm excited to explore that. But, of course, it's an honor to be part of the Broadway community. It's a dream just to be here.
The magic of film isn't just because of the big screen, or the acoustics, but the ineffable shared experience of going to the movies.
My whole goal in my film career is to project a positive image on the screen, that I hope people will enjoy watching.
I find it hard to understand why Scorsese has never called. You know, given the natural menace I bring to the screen.
I've grown up watching cinema from around the world, and there are films that have scenes that are far steamier than what we are required to do on screen.
Directing offers you the hope that your vision will reach the screen, unmolested and intact. Therefore, it's tantalizing to all writers.
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