Actress Quotes

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.

It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct.

It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage.

In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time.

I'm always moving forward.

I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. It's seamless and you don't see it.

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.

I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again?

I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.

Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage.

Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.

But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period.

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.

A director just pushes them a little this way or that way.

But out of limitations comes creativity.

Working with Bill Cosby was incredible. I was lucky to be a part of that.

Will Smith said if I ever need some help, he was there for me.

Videos are more like photography. It's not as much about trying to tell a story as it is creating images.

Is America truly a democracy? Has America ever been a democracy with the institution of slavery?

I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.

I'm doing a play, a musical. The musical follows the Mamma Mia concept. It's my first LA theater project.

I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.

I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school.

I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.

I even lived on campus to get the college experience. I had five roommates and I still keep in touch with them while I'm on the road.

Combine that with the fact that we only had one week to get everything taken care of and to get to know one another, whereas most shows get two weeks. It looked like we would never have a chance.

Being on Disney, a lot of young people look up to me.

Before high school ended, I started applying to college. It really wasn't even a choice because of the brainwashing of my parents.

When you read a script, you get a feeling from it.

When I graduated college I needed to make money while I was pursuing acting, so I read screenplays and made a living writing coverage on them for studios.