Eve Torres Quotes

On stage, everyone stays put; the vantage point is always the vantage point, and you have to play to the size of the house. And of course, on film, there's different angles, different shots, so that determines how animated or how still you must be.

I don't like to watch playback. But being on the set, watching the way the camera is being moved and the way the light is being used, you do get an idea of it.

My phrase has always been that I am looking for the versatility of theatre in film. I think I have been quite lucky in that so far.

I'm a fan of making films. Whether I'm on stage or in front of a camera, one of my first loves is performing for the people. I'd like to do more acting.

I'm very interested in directing actors - many directors direct cameras.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

Directing is very close to choreography; you deal with space, time, emotions, lighting, making beautiful images.

Some directors are interested in acting, and others are only interested in cranes and moving the camera.

I like pointing the camera at the actors and letting them fight. Don't let the camera do the fighting for you, and don't let the camera give them the adrenaline hit. Let the people in the frame do that.

The thing about acting that's unlike any other art form is that it's collaborative; directing and acting are a collaboration, and your acting won't succeed if the lighting design doesn't succeed or sets don't succeed.

I've discovered that being behind the camera is more fascinating. If I had to choose a profession today, it would have been something behind the camera.

'Mercury' is one of the most challenging projects I have worked on. From the nuances of the actors' expressions to the minute technicals of the movie, everything needed to be monitored and looked into. The actors were required to emote purely with their face.

I was doing well in TV as a freelance cameraman, but it wasn't the direction I wanted to go in. I directed videos and tried to put something cinematic in every one. Dialogue, action sequences, helicopter, Steadicam.

I'd say I'm definitely an actor first and foremost, but I love filmmaking.

I've wanted to make films since a really young age. It's always been my passion.

I like the detail work of telling a story in small pieces, as is done in movie-making, and also the long leap of faith needed to see a theatre performance through each night. Both require focus and self-discipline.

My tools, my medium, include pictures and live actors.

In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.

Stage is the most exciting. Film is lovely, because it's like a family.

When you make a drama, you spend all day beating a guy to death with a hammer, or what have you. Or, you have to take a bite out of somebody's face. On the other hand, with a comedy, you yell at Billy Crystal for an hour, and you go home.

As far as I'm concerned, I make movies.

Well, getting behind the camera is something I've always wanted to get involved with. Ever since I was doing movies like 'Zathura' I was very interested in all the different jobs on set and kind of soaking all the information up like a sponge.

Making movies is my profession. I like doing it a lot.

He was such a fabulous drama coach. What better person to have than Alfred Hitchcock? His work as a director was impeccable. I learned so much.

I didn't go to film school. My Grampa always says just watch a lot of movies. He didn't go to film school; he went to theatre school. It's interesting to learn about the technical side of it, but I think it's more important to learn about writing and working with actors.