Suzanne Collins Quotes

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.

I don't stay in my trailer. I like to sit in video village, probably to the annoyance of some producers and directors, because they really love to talk about actors, and they can't in front of me.

I got hit twice in the face, and that was not fun.

I dished out and suffered my fair share of bloody noses.

I like hanging around the set and learning how people do things, how the set runs.

Seeing someone happy on set is just a very small slice of the reality of an actor's life.

I've always wanted to be behind the camera in some capacity.

I've been beat up pretty badly back in my day.

Getting hit is not cool.

The Undertaker's beaten me down pretty bad quite a few times.

I don't like getting hit.

Yes, I was beaten on every part of my body, and the marks are still on my body.

I've been beaten, I've been bruised, I was left for dead as well.

Of course you're nervous, but we're really excited to be able to share what we're going to share. And it's cool, because what we're going to be doing, I think for fans especially, we think is really cool, because part of the process that most people don't ever get to see [is] that before these movies are movies starring photo-real apes, they're movies starring the image of Andy Serkis and the other actors, who are playing apes.

There's always something ridiculous happening on the set, especially when people get tired because of the long days.

He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus. I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. When I had it nicely spinning I gave it a full swing and hit myself on the back of the head with the floor.

I usually befriend the camera department very early on in the film and drive them nuts. I'm constantly bombarding them with questions and going through the stills photography. A film set is a great place for me and I love it.

A scar is what happens when the word is made flesh.

Self-harm - the world will come at you with knives anyway. You do not need to beat them to it.

Mama tied a blindfold over my eyes. The next thing I felt my flesh was being cut away. I heard the blade sawing back and forth through my skin. The pain between my legs was so intense I wished I would die.

Neorealism taught us to follow the characters with the camera, allowing each shot its own real interior time. Well, I became tired of all this; I could no longer stand real time. In order to function, a shot must show only what is useful.

I . . . hit him . . . elsewhere.” “Where?” “In his . . .In his inguine.” “Oh, dear God.” It was unclear whether Ralston’s words were meant as prayer or blasphemy. What was clear was that the woman was a gladiator. “He called me a pie!” she announced, defensively. There was a pause. “Wait. That’s not right.” “A tart?” “Yes! That’s it!” She registered her brother’s fists and looked to Simon. “I see that it is not a compliment.” “No. It is not.

And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become a Director Without Learning the Craft of Cinematography.

You slammed my face down on the barbecue grill, now my scars are all healing, but my heart never will.

It might have been the hardest hit I took all day.