Ben Burtt famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Filmmakers began to experiment with special effects almost as soon as motion pictures were invented. The history of special effects is the history of motion pictures.
-- Ben Burtt

#Special #Motion Pictures #Filmmaker
I've always found that when you're trying to create illusions with sound, especially in a science fiction or fantasy movie, that pulling sounds from the world around us is a great way to cement that illusion because you can go out and record an elevator in George Lucas's house or something, and it will have that motor sound.
-- Ben Burtt

#Movie #Creating #House
Most sound work in films is done very quickly, and at the end of the schedule where it's just jammed together and you always wish that you had more sympathy.
-- Ben Burtt

#Wish #Together #Sound
True prosperity is the result of well-placed confidence in ourselves and our fellow man.
-- Ben Burtt

#Confidence #Men #Fellow Man
Most sound people don't get the assignment to create worlds of sound and get freedom to try a lot of things and then get the scrutiny and support of the team over a long period of time.
-- Ben Burtt

#Team #Long #People

One of the special marks of the Holy Ghost in the Apostolic Church was the spirit of boldness.
Sawyer was always the Vincent boy worth fighting for. He's the special one.
Not everyone sees you the way you do. Sometimes our imperfections are what makes us special. - Tripp
The emotional reaction in the peak experience has a special flavor of wonder, of awe, of reverence, of humility and surrender before the experience as before something great.
If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
Who says I am not under the special protection of God?
The thing about a motion picture is that look of film on a big screen takes you into a magical.
I love every aspect of the creation of motion pictures and I guess I am committed to it for life.
A Great Movie Evolves when Everybody Has the Same Vision in Their Heads.
I have lot of respect of filmmakers who work in Telugu and Tamil.

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