I was very intimidated by the visual effects world. But I began to realize that you don't have to know everything. You have to be able to talk about story.
Interpretation
Understanding storytelling is more important than knowing all technical details in visual effects.
Ron Howard emphasizes that while the technical aspects of visual effects can be intimidating, the essence of filmmaking lies in storytelling. He suggests that effective communication about the story is crucial and that one does not need to be an expert in every technical detail to contribute meaningfully to a project.
In practice
In a film class, when discussing the importance of narrative over technical skills.
I think child stars have a leg up, actually, because they have an innate sense of what creative problem solving is all about. But to make a life out of it, you have to be ready to take on project after project. You have to like the action.
I used to feel that I had to be dictatorial in order to be respected, but after I did a couple of TV movies, I began to see that authority came with the job. So I began to relax and let more people into the process, and my work really improved.
Even when you're 22 and you feel immortal, you know in your heart you're not.
Unlike the twisters he famously chased in the movies, Bill Paxton was the kind of force of nature you ran toward and never away from.
Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
Whenever I switch from one character to another, there's always a few days where I really struggle because I'm changing voices and I'm changing ways of looking at the world. I'm not just flicking a switch; it's harder process than that.
How many shows on TV do you see young black people, both women and men, really embody a full-fledged human being, flaws and all?
All methods are sacred if they are internally necessary. All methods are sins if they are not justified by internal necessity.
History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird.
Too few journalists become screenwriters. I say to all the would-be screenwriters: Become journalists. And Iβll say to working journalists: Do not stay journalists. Become screenwriters.
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