Eddie Bracken Quotes

I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work.

Shooting this one was kind of like a two month party, we would literally play music between takes, and other movies that were shooting on our lot would play hookey, come over and hang out and stuff. We had a great time.

When I started to do work outside of surfing, commercials where I needed to lead, I came out of my shell more, and I realised I wanted to create an environment that's fun because, a lot of time on shoots, people are so stressed and running behind the clock in an intense way.

James Gunn runs his set like a 12-year-old's birthday party. Every day, he is so excited to come to work.

Whenever I've been in rehearsals, it's really fun, there's always laughing.

You don't get shouted at at the 'Guardian.' Nobody bullies you at the paper; nobody tells you what to write. Now, I love working in that atmosphere; I am free to research and write what I want.

If you think you're going to work with Cameron Crowe and not get into his music, you're crazy. But he doesn't force it on you. He doesn't force anything on you, which really makes things easier.

I learned that the best way to work is to allow the scene to live on its own before making major adjustments, whether in rehearsal or on film.

I produce the way I would love to be produced: In ways to create the best conditions to make your movie, but also to create a space in which the director calls the shots.

HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.

I don't really want to be doing high budget, where they've got cranes and everything. That just sounds boring, having to do the same thing over and over again.

My gift, if I have one, is choosing terrific talent and providing the atmosphere for them to do their best work.

You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.

The environment on set is very encouraging.

I never intended to only do dark, serious things.

I love doing short films because they're much more intimate and there's far less waiting around than on the bigger films.

I love working with smart-funny people.

I like to give my actors a lot of room.

I worked with Steven Spielberg on Amistad... he seemed so very secure in himself that he let me do things.

Studios never put pressure. They know the kind of films I want to make.

People are much more loose if you are having fun. I had a basketball player who was really soft-spoken, and then we played Connect Four with him, and he really opened up!

Hollywood is probably the most active centre of film-making in the world, but it's also a very difficult place in which to find your voice... It was also a far more civilised industry in Ireland.

The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare.

I'm probably the guy who keeps it loose around the room and tries to joke around with guys before the game, keeping things funny.

I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in a way, if it's an independent movie, I can teach the crew to kind of relax, or create a vibe. It really is about a vibe.