"You don't want to have to chase the action. Get yourself in the right place and the action comes to you."

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Source : "The artists' artist: cinematographers". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2011.

Chris Menges

#Want Quotes #Action Quotes

“It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.”
“My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent.”
“By bringing together what we know and what we don't know through analogy, metaphorical thinking strikes the spark that ignites discovery,”
“If we were driving pure hydrogen automobiles, that automobile would actually help clean up the air because the air coming out of the exhaust would be cleaner than the air going into the engine intake.”
“Zen is the spirit of a man. Zen believes in his inner purity and goodness. Whatever is superadded or violently torn away, injures the wholesomeness of the spirit. Zen, therefore, is emphatically against all religious conventionalism.”
“It's emotion. When you are watching a movie you see a woman sitting with her daughter and looking in her eyes and you see butterflies flying in the background and then you suddenly hear scary movie music and it changes the whole thing. But if something sounds different it changes the movie. Music is the back drop of what you talk about.”
“Whoever is providing leadership needs to be as fresh and thoughtful and reflective as possible to make the very best fight.”
“Frasier and Friends and Seinfeld, they all pissed each other off, said the wrong thing, drove each other nuts, but in the end, it turns out they'd do anything for their friends. TV Land has really found that formula.”

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