Gina Bellman Quotes

Actors have seven tracks going in their minds: They've got all the research they've done for the part, then they have whatever the director asked them to do, then they've got what the departments like special effects need them to do.

John Schlesinger had one of his friends designing it and he had never done a film before. Ten days before it started, they didn't have any costumes. I was rung up and joined up.

On a film, I was always acting. I was either changing my clothes really quickly and wiping off the lipstick and putting on the other lipstick and then working constantly, constantly.

Producing small films, you usually have four or five people you want, and you hope one of them will say they'll do it.

I'm not accustomed to doing films without seeing the script.

I don't believe in development. I believe in pre-pre-production, so when I sit down with an idea for a movie, I'm thinking I'm going to make this film. I don't think about anything else.

On the clothes front, I have a designer who sits with the director for each film to chalk out a look for me based on the script.

I'm always very, very careful when the movies happen and where they happen.

I've done a lot of period drama before. A lot of my jobs have been that.

After my 12th standard, I started preparing for the film industry. I've had no formal acting training.

Acting is completely different from the standup world. You have these 12- or 14-hour days, but you have a great time doing it. It's like hanging out with your friends.

Nitesh Tiwari is so particular about his pre-production, where he plans every aspect of his film.

I have worked in films where we just put on the make-up and go in for a shoot without any discussions and even a talk with the director.

I've done some movies before when you have months, or three weeks at least, to train and to learn choreography.

A while back there was this fad where a big star [would get] a producing credit and you'd ask around, and people were like, "No, they didn't produce, they just took the credit." I was flabbergasted. So when I started, people were weirded out by the fact that I was like, "How long is our prep? I'll come a week before that." They were like, "We're not shooting for six weeks."

If you're a theater director, you're not going to be prepared for the technical side. And if you're a technical director, you're not going to be prepared for the acting side. The only thing you can do is go through the meat grinder of your first film.

Just learn the whole script before you start shooting. That makes shooting a joy. Even if they rewrite, it's easy.

A good director is very well prepared, and knows exactly how he's going to cut the film, so the shooting is as efficient as possible.

I'd like to have the script in a much better place from day one of shooting, rather than trying to continue to work on it while you shoot it. I think those are lessons you learn on any film.

Nice costume," he said. "Ditto. I can tell you put a lot of thought into yours." Amusement curled his mouth. "If you don't like it, I can take it off.

I'll be in #‎ Jharkhand along with Kaustav Narayan Niyogi, who is directing the film and my director of photography for location hunting. I want to lock the locations before Christmas as everyone goes into vacation mode after that.

Cinematography, a military art. Prepare a film like a battle.

My scripts are always heavily noted. If I can take a director to one side and say, "Do you mind if we try this?," a few days before, that's usually a better way of doing it then on the day.

The movie that you'll be in is a new challenge. Photography is just the shot - one day, two days - and the next day you're gone.

It's pretty rare that I watch a movie now without seeing the script in a way that I hate, where I can see the stage directions and the choices that the actors are making.