At my age the only problem is with remembering names. When I call everyone darling, it has damn all to do with passionately adoring them, but I know I'm safe calling them that. Although, of course, I adore them too.
Richard AttenboroughRead
You act in a movie, and at the end of the day, the director and editor decide what your performance is.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The final perception of one's efforts in a collaborative project depends on the vision and decisions of those in control.
This quote by Richard Attenborough reflects the idea that individual contributions in collaborative environments, such as film-making, are shaped and defined by the leaders and decision-makers involved in the project. It emphasizes the role of directors and editors in crafting the final narrative, which ultimately influences how performers are perceived, highlighting the collective nature of storytelling in the arts.
Themes
ActingPerformanceCollaborationArtDirecting
In practice
Example use cases
During a film panel discussion about collaborative filmmaking.
More from Richard Attenborough
All quotes βI think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end somebody's life, no matter what that person has supposedly done or not done.
Richard AttenboroughRead
When I'm directing a movie, nothing else matters.
Richard AttenboroughRead
I never want to make the kind of film whose impact ends when the audience leaves the cinema.
Richard AttenboroughRead
There's nothing more important in making movies than the screenplay.
Richard AttenboroughRead
Throughout my life, I always remember that consideration of people who were less fortunate than we. We lived in an atmosphere of awareness, and we certainly did not live a life whereby we ignored, or felt that we could ignore, that which was in evidence around us.
Richard AttenboroughRead
Similar quotes
One has to guard against a formula that is good for everything, that can interpret reality in addition to the other arts, and that rather than creating can only result in a style, or a stylization.
Georges BraqueRead
Writing can be taken up at any point. But you need to remember that the arts are fundamentally unfair. Hard work and diligence won't necessarily take you all the way. Talent, nepotism, influence, and pure luck play a huge part.
David BrinRead
In America, the photographer is not simply the person who records the past, but the one who invents it.
Susan SontagRead
It doesn't matter one damn bit whether fashion is art or not. You don't question whether an incredible chef is an artist or not-his cakes are delicious and that's all that matters.
Sonia RykielRead
I can't imagine ever writing anything of any kind on a machine. I never tried to write either poetry or prose on a typewriter. I like to do it on useless paper, scrap paper, because it's of no importance.
W. S. MerwinRead
My concern has always been to paint nudes as if they were some splendid fruit.
Pierre-Auguste RenoirRead