When we perform music at TV shows, we always try to do something that’s not scripted because anything that’s a surprise for the audience and the crew and the other performers, it works better on camera and for the people back home, too.
What it made me realize was that a show like this makes people look inside themselves. Because this crew guy isn’t sitting there wishing the character would fight back. He’s hoping that he would fight back.
The flight crew for the orbital mission has been picked, and I’m not on it. Of course I’ve been feeling pretty low for the past few days. All of us are mad because Glenn was picked.
I love Snoop. I worked with him on ‘Old School,’ and he’s very accessible. He’s very kind. He’s always nice to everyone, to the crew. He’s always got something positive to say. He’s very childlike and loves to come and play. So, I had fun working with him.
When done right – or wrong, depending on how you look at it – deficits remove liberal options from the table. Suddenly there’s no money for building bridges or inspecting meat. Not surprisingly, running up a deficit is a strategy favored by the wrecking crew for its liberal-killing properties.
One of the great things about the ‘Arrow’ crew is that no one is settling for what they did yesterday. They’re always thinking about what they can do tomorrow.
When you’re shooting a feature that costs $200,000 a day with a crew of 250, you don’t want accidents; you want to know exactly what’s going to happen. But with a documentary, you don’t, so you have to be sensitive to accidents because that is where the gold is.
When I was shooting ‘Mud,’ every day was my favourite! I had so much fun on this film and loved working with all the cast and crew! It was a great experience.
It varies, but in my experience, directors who are the most comfortable with themselves and confident in their work give you and everybody on the crew the freedom and the space to create.
I loved working on ‘Grimm.’ The entire cast and crew were wonderful and welcoming.
‘Tower Heist?’ That is a movie that it’s hard not to name-drop, but, it’s a crew of five, and it’s Ben Stiller, Eddie Murphy, me, Matthew Broderick, and Casey Affleck. And we’re like, on a heist.
Acting is very sacred. Anyone who stands in front of a crew with the camera recording their emotions is a brave individual.
I always feel like if you have a smaller crew, you can not only get to know the individual strengths of people more specifically, but then, you also give them a longer runway to be able to apply the knowledge that they have learned to subsequent work.
Sunday is about relaxing and wearing anything comfortable. I love wearing a J. Crew shirt and jeans, which is a treat because I never wear these kinds of clothes during the week.
I’ve framed houses, worked on an asphalt crew, I was a cop, a lifeguard.
Working crew made me realise that the actors are a very small part of a very big machine, with each part being vital to make the show work. It so important to remember that it’s not about you, it’s about the show, and working crew hammered that point home to me.
It all relies on teamwork. We could be running fifth all day, and we come down pit road for the last stop and the pit crew messes up, then we all go down and not just them.
When there’s film rolling through the camera, there’s a heightened awareness of the importance of that moment, from the actors and the crew. It creates a much more old-school respectful atmosphere for the process.
I miss the cast and crew of ‘Supernatural’ immensely. I know it’s a cliche to say your cast and crew are like your family, but it’s really the case there.
The ship’s transporters – which let the crew ‘beam’ from place to place – really came out of a production need. I realized with this huge spaceship, I would blow the whole budget of the show just in landing the thing on a planet.
I’m challenged to races. Never a stranger. I’ve had a good friend of mine who, to be honest, is tiny and, like, should have assumed that I could have beat him, that I’m faster than him, and then crew members, two different crew members. I’m 3 and 0.
I think I take what you might call a B-movie story, deal with B-movie subjects, and I treat it as if it’s an A-movie in terms of my approach, my crew, my actors, my ethics and so on. I guess that’s my trademark or one of them, anyway!
It sounds really cheesy, but I’ve just really been so focused on making sure that I am nice to everyone that I work with and making the effort to get to know the people on set, whether it’s the catering crew or the famous photographer.
To me the acid test was always the crew, and if the crew liked you, you’re OK.
I watch reality TV, but unless you have been part of that crew, unless you’ve sort of been immersed in that culture in what’s happening, unless you have been in that concentrated moment, you wont believe it unless you’re there. And with ‘Ton of Cash’ we just hope that we captured all of the best moments.
I talked to everyone about the project: actors and extras, members of the crew and passers by.
In the Christian world… it is believed that angels were created at the beginning, and that heaven was formed of them; and that the Devil or Satan was an angel of light, who, becoming rebellions, was cast down with his crew, and that this was the origin of hell.
I will talk to anybody about ‘Survivor’s Remorse’ because I’m proud of the show and the actors and directors and the entire crew. I just like doing the work, and I want people watching the show so we can make more.
The hardest thing for me was just getting crew chiefs and people to believe in me.
It gave me a lot of pleasure and pride that 90 percent of the crew for ‘Monsoon Wedding,’ and most of my film, are women. We get the work done, you know, much lesser play of ego… And I really believe in harmony, I believe in working in a spirit of egolessness and that the film is bigger than all of us.
I find that if I interact more, the crowd gets way more into the music. We also have a full live show happening, and I have lighting crew that travels around with me. We’ve got this Infinity Prism thing, which is lots of fun. It’s an optical illusion device that we carry around.
We have developed overlays for the keys of the cash registers with the help of the Braille Institute, so that blind crew members can take orders and help our guests.
Swishahouse, it started off as just a crew making mixtapes and that’s when I got down with it back in like 1998. It wasn’t a record label at first. It was all just for promotion, for fun, and we just had a crew representin’ for our hood.
Some directors are really strong on action, manhandling you around the set; others are very focused on setting up the camera shots and practically ignore you. You have to get used to introverts, extroverts, directors who clown around for the crew, and the odd one who’s monosyllabic.
It was a strange feeling, filming a night scene in Selly Oak High Street with a television crew and famous actors in tow, when twenty years ago, at that time of night, I would’ve been stumbling around in search of a kebab.
I much prefer the company of the crew, the sort of ‘blue-collar working person.’ I much more have that sensibility than what the public perceives as what a typical actor would have.
The ‘Kickin’ It’ set is so much fun, I find myself in a new adventure every week. I work with an amazing cast and crew.
My crew used to listen to ‘Taking It to the Top’ by Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince.
As a director and captain of the ship, there are many things that demand your attention – crew members, locations, budget etc.
The crew taped the intercom conversation. There’s somebody giggling and laughing all the way up. And we listened to it for quite a while to try and figure out who that was, only to come to the conclusion that it was me. I mean, I laughed and giggled all the way up. It was such a fun ride.
I always hung out with older people. I would be the youngest out of the crew.
When you race a sailboat, the selection of your crew is just completely paramount. It’s impossible to be an effective skipper if you don’t have the right people working harmoniously in the right roles.
When I work on a film, I always tend to relate to the crew.
Channel 4 are a great bunch of people to work with and the crew are lovely. Working at ITV was like being in the court of Caligula.
My dad served in the Air Force as ground crew for several years, and doesn’t really talk about it. I know that it’s there. I think my main thing about direct or indirect experiences as near to home as it were is the idea of self-sacrifice really.
If there is ever a crew that goes out every night behind the eight-ball and have their work cut out for them to be respectable, it’s the ‘205 Live’ guys.
I’m not one who can get by on six hours sleep night after night. You can see it on my face and hear it in my voice. When working 14-hour days, I have to go home, go to sleep, and wake up in time for crew call. I hate naps. They throw me off the rest of the day.
The scenes in the show were filmed with a crew of really excellent stunt jumpers, but we had the feel of the parachutes, so we could be more realistic in the roles.
By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief.
When you grow up in a council flat, sometimes living on top of members of your crew, the feeling of community is intense.
