A director just pushes them a little this way or that way. Debbie Allen More Quotes by Debbie Allen More Quotes From Debbie Allen There was a time when fame meant that you were either someone who is really gifted in your field or you were making an impact or you are famous because you were a really horrible person, you know? But now, you can become famous by eating a frog. It's just not the same thing. Debbie Allen horrible-personfrogsimpact As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them. Debbie Allen reasonneedsthinking The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding whats on the page. Debbie Allen shootingpagesunderstanding The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio. Debbie Allen radiotodaytelevision I've had a lot of experience auditioning people, and I can do it rather quickly even though sometimes I let them linger and give them time, but I kind of know after I see them do a couple of steps. I know. Debbie Allen couplegivingpeople As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years. Debbie Allen literatureyearsart Self-checkout is negative because more and more retailers are losing the personal touch. People want to do business where people know their name and communicate with them. With a world full of email and more self-service we will begin to start seeking out the basics from retailers who create emotion. There is not emotion out of self-service and most people buy out of emotion. Debbie Allen selfnamespeople That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene. Debbie Allen visionsceneway Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot. Debbie Allen prophetwestplay There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work. Debbie Allen scenemastersmoving The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration. Debbie Allen lookteammindideas The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then. Debbie Allen sensepicturegreatspeech The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget. Debbie Allen limitedshootbudgetchallenge Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage. Debbie Allen needeverythingthoughtyou Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything. Debbie Allen budgeteverythingbigyou But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period. Debbie Allen withoutpossiblemattertime Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I'm glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully. Debbie Allen greatmechallengesopportunity I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director. Debbie Allen every-daydaylookalways In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time. Debbie Allen scoringshootingradiotime
