I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.
My goodness, what a blast it is filming ‘Woody.’
‘Chocolat’ was a joy to make, as we were filming in beautiful locations in France and England. Lasse Hallstrom is such an amazing director – overall it was a wonderful experience.
When they said there was gonna be about 100,000 people at Woodstock, and it went up to 200,000, I just blanked off and thought, ‘I don’t want to do this.’ If they’re filming it, it’s too nerve-racking.
I don’t prepare when filming kiss scenes.
What’s very funny is when you see amateurs filming something, they do some things no professionals would dare to do. They instinctively do things that are very avant-garde and useful.
Getting to do what I think was my fifth BBC drama with Nikki Amuka-Bird – we’ve done ‘Shoot The Messenger,’ ‘Five Days,’ ‘The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency,’ ‘Born Equal’ and now ‘Small Island’ – was another highlight for me. And filming in Jamaica was great, too.
I spend 6 hours filming a Vine.
Often times, while filming ‘WAGS Atlanta’ with 3 male producers, we were told to dress ‘WAGGY’ for scenes, not realizing that WAG style isn’t universal! WAG style can encompass a myriad of different looks.
Filming is a funny combination of having a good time and not being able to wait until it’s over.
I was 19 when I got my first passport as an adult. I had moved from California to New York City and was living out of a suitcase, staying with friends. I’d just finished filming my first movie, ‘Ordinary People,’ but I didn’t know whether acting was what I wanted to do with my life.
That was the most important thing to me: making sure ‘Gardner Elliot’ was likeable and funny and interesting. I took my time before filming to chat with Peter, the director, to create this character.
I first visited Buenos Aires at the end of 2015 while filming the latest series of ‘Chris Tarrant: Extreme Railways’, and I liked it so much I’ve been back twice with my wife. It’s so much nicer than I expected – like a warmer, bigger, wider version of Paris.
I mean, really, skateboarding is just going out and having fun with your friends and filming cool tricks and challenging yourself and just really just having a good time. That’s what skateboarding really is.
‘Cloverfield’ and ‘REC’ are great examples of movies that took kind of tired genres, the monster movie and the zombie film, and by filming them in found footage, it was a new perspective. It gives you a whole new take and helps you re-experience that all over again.
There is no denying that when you show up to be on ‘The Bachelor,’ you are filming a TV show.
We shot ‘Lucas’ in 42 days; that’s a lot of filming.
I love that you work out relationships with people as you’re filming just to get something real to play on screen.
For me, I don’t participate in the filming when I represent a reality show star in a case, because that would mean waiving my right to attorney-client privilege, and that would hamper my ability to mount an effective case.
For the first two weeks of filming, I remember bristling at some of the occurrences on the set, none of which directly involved me. Then I surrendered to the environment, to Michael’s method, and became much happier, even though no one knew what to expect.
Actually, when I’m not filming a movie, my beauty approach is really natural – I prefer a bare face that looks really healthy and dewy.
People automatically assume that because you’re an actor, you’re a blank canvas 24/7. But I can’t wear what everyone else wears. If I went to an audition, I’d wear what the character would wear, but the moment I’m done with the audition or done filming, I go back into my high-waisteds.
Having to go back and forth between school and filming would sometimes be frustrating because I loved school. It was my chance to be around other people my age. But when you’re leaving school to go to a set that’s filled with kids your age, then it’s fine.
Being on television is a little constraining. You spend six to eight months filming, and you get stuck in that gear. I feel like doing movies is a lot more my style.
I got good notice from that show, and on the last day of filming Townies, Twentieth Century Fox called wanting to meet with me about a development deal.
I didn’t know what I was going to get. You never do, when you’re filming something for real.
As we were leaving the Huron camp, it was awkward filming. I think that the Huron watching us was there to create tension – maybe we wouldn’t get out. Nothing complicated.
The first time I ever had the opportunity to dive on the Great Barrier Reef, it was while filming ‘Oceans Deadliest’ with Steve Irwin. I remember just how awestruck I was by its beauty.
As a committed Whovian, I cannot believe my luck in joining the Twelfth Doctor for one of his inaugural adventures. My only worry is that they’ll make me leave the set when I’m not filming.
I began filming ‘God Loves Uganda’ by first meeting some of the Ugandan and American missionaries who have helped create Uganda’s evangelical movement. They were often large-hearted. They were passionate and committed.
When I was filming ‘The Haunting Hour’, my co-stars Emily Osment, Brittany Curran and I paid a visit to a haunted house – all dressed up as vampires! We really confused the workers.
One of the things you have to get used to, working on a TV show, is filming out of sync.
Filming takes a lot out of you. It really does. It’s immensely demanding, and you have to put the rest of your life in the icebox until you do your final shot.
Filming is repetition and many takes.
My son was three months old when I started filming ‘The Hobbit,’ and I was still breastfeeding.
People need to stop filming things at festivals.
When I am filming a movie, I think I tend to do what I want with my character.
The problem with filming something is that we struggle desperately to make three dimensions out of two dimensions. It can’t be done.
When we are filming, it often feels like we’re flying blind. As an actor, you have no idea if your choices are right or if they work. Some scenes feel like a complete Hail Mary. Imagine you’re blindfolded and cook a massive Thanksgiving feast with only new recipes – without getting to taste any of them along the way.
I probably spent about 40 percent of 2019 on a plane and filming.
When you’re filming, not everything is rational.
My first job was on Broadway. Then I went into the Navy. When I came out of the Navy, I went back to Broadway and a friend of mine, Lauren Bacall, was in Hollywood filming with Humphrey Bogart. She told one of her producers I was great in my play, and he saw it and cast me in ‘The Strange Love of Martha Ivers’.
When you’re filming, it’s very different from what you see on screen.
Liverpudlians have an amazing sense of humour, and they’re very loyal and warm. All my family and friends are there, so when I’m not filming, I like to go back and catch up with everyone. We’re a very close family.
We have to look forward and keep filming new films and not get stuck in the past.
I can’t tell you how disheartening it is to be told to go home because the director is filming you from behind and you don’t have the right kind of body. As an actress, to be told that… Well, it’s just a very odd set of circumstances.
I ate huge bowls of fresh papaya all day in Fiji when I was filming a movie, which was one of the most magical experiences in my entire life, so the fruit actually really changes my mood and how my body feels.
Filming ‘Eclipse’ – Eclipse was my favorite book so I was really excited to start filming the movie. I just love that it’s the height of the love triangle. ‘Twilight’ develops Edward and Bella’s relationship, ‘New Moon’ develops Jacob and Bella’s and in ‘Eclipse,’ the three of them are physically together.
Filming movies and TV are vastly different. Film is more of slower pace. You usually have more time to develop characters, and it sometimes takes up to 3 months to film one movie. Sometimes you’ll spend half the day filming one scene. TV moves much faster. It takes about 10 days to film an episode.
Helena Bonham Carter was one of my biggest crushes. And Rachel Weisz. I think I told her that when we were filming, which was probably a bit embarrassing.
When you’re filming, you work 19-hour days and you know more about what’s going on with your crew and co-workers than you do with your husband. You’re away, you miss things. It’s taxing. Relationships fail because of it.
There are a lot of times where, filming ‘It Follows,’ I’m fighting against a guy dressed in a green suit for special effects, and I’m just like, ‘No. There’s no way this is going to be pulled off.’
It’s one of those things where we generally love filming ‘Miz and Mrs.’
I used to work in kitchens, doing 12 or more hours a day of physical labor, so today, eight to 12 hours of cooking, chatting or filming feels like a vacation. When I have a scheduled ‘day off,’ I spend several hours writing, then I clean until I crash from fatigue. I don’t relax well.
When I’m not filming anything or on the road doing stand-up, I’m usually doing stand-up shows every night – usually a few shows a night at different clubs in the city.
