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"I use something that is a real staple in the directing world. It's called a dance floor. You lay it down so that it's so smooth you can roll around, and you can put furniture on top of it. It's seamless and you don't see it."
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"I think I can take responsibility for that in that I was the audience. I was the voice of sanity around whom all these crazies did their dance. And I reacted in the same way that a member of the audience would have reacted."
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"What a joy it is to dance and sing!"
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"Basically it starts with four months of training, just basic stretching, kicking and punching. Then you come to the choreography and getting ready to put the dance together."
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"Modern dancing is old fashioned."
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"I dance because it makes me want to explode."
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"Denis Law could dance on eggshells."
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"The job of feets is walking, but their hobby is dancing."
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"The pleasant surprise for me is that when I look into Tony's eyes, he's still 100% present, sharing everything that's going on. Acting with him is like a beautiful dance."
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"I collaborated on most of my dance numbers, literally 50/50, with the choreographers I worked with."
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"Making this movie was a great opportunity for me to explore high-definition. I'm glad I got to see what the challenges are, what makes it better. It works wonderfully."
Opportunity
"Time management is a big part of the director's job."
Time
"In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time."
Time
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"You have to examine a scene on the page first. Then you get into the basics of acting: Who are you? Who are you talking to? How do you feel about that person?"
First
"But out of limitations comes creativity."
Creativity
"As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them."
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"There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work."
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"The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget."
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"The riot isn't seen in the movie, but it is alluded to. He has this one speech that gives a great sense of texture and paints a picture of what was happening in Harlem then."
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