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Mike Figgis

"I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors."

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Donna Grant

"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."

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Donna Grant

"I don't think I would be an actor if I was that intelligent."

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Donna Grant

"I was convinced there as only one actor to play Templeton the Rat, and that was Tony Randall."

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Donna Grant

"A lot of actors don't like to see how they've done every day."

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Donna Grant

"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."

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Donna Grant

"Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor."

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Donna Grant

"An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening."

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Donna Grant

"Every actor I think has got their own number of takes that they like, you know. Some actors like to go all day, you know on the one scene and some actors want to take two takes. I personally like four."

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Donna Grant

"Being unemployed is not good for an actor. No, it isn't, no matter how unsuccessful you are. Because you always remember getting fired from all the restaurants. You remember that stuff very, very strongly."

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Donna Grant

"I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they say."

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Mike Figgis
"When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer."

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Mike Figgis
"You can do really slow movements with it, like zooming in for a minute and a half. The audience isn't aware that the camera has moved, but there's subconscious tension there."

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Mike Figgis
"In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form."

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Mike Figgis
"Each film is different. Time Code was very quick - a matter of months. Miss Julie has been on my shelf as a script for some seven or eight years. But then the shooting process was very quick - 16 days."

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Mike Figgis
"I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more user-friendly and efficient."

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Mike Figgis
"Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free."

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Mike Figgis
"I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar."

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Mike Figgis
"I want the score to have a really big voice."

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Mike Figgis
"I like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument."

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Mike Figgis
"I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music."

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