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The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place so that the actor can create. And in order to do that you have to communicate communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.

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William Friedkin
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Category: Communication

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.
  • 2. You can fake your age or mask it but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.
  • 3. I am as I've said merely competent. But in an age of incompetence that makes me extraordinary.

2 Amazing

  • 1. My size has helped make me an amazing performer too. The cliche of the Funny Fat Friend: I absolutely was that character – I am that character… It's a complicated bag of tools I acquired and I've put them all to work onstage.
  • 2. In my job people tell you that all the time: 'This shoot was great. You look amazing.' But you never know what they say when you turn away.
  • 3. I think Polanski's an amazing director.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall.
  • 2. In the final analysis the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within.
  • 3. I've chosen my wedding ring large and heavy to continue forever. But exactly because of that all the time that Dave and I have an argument I feel it like handcuffs and on anger time I throw it in a basket. Poor Dave he bought me three wedding rings already!

4 Anniversary

  • 1. I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready I think I would have rather been watching.
  • 2. And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team the only undefeated season.
  • 3. And currently there are four to five new works in the pipeline for upcoming celebrations such as the Sydney 2000 Olympics Australian Federation my 50th Birthday and Sydney Dance Company's 25th Anniversary.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture is politics.
  • 2. I acquired an admiration for Japanese culture art and architecture and learned of the existence of the game of GO which I still play.
  • 3. An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board and a wrecking bar at the site.
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