#be

But I really am very active in the choice of the line producer with the producer of record and the distributing company, because I've had some terrible, terrible experiences with some line producers, particularly in cable. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#am #because #cable #choice #company

Historically the director has been the key creative element in a film and we must maintain that. We must protect that, in spite of the fact that there is new technology that's continually trying to erode that. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#continually #creative #director #element #erode

One really beautiful wrist motion, that is synchronised with your head and heart, and you have it. It looks as if it were born in a minute. ↗

— Helen Frankenthaler

#born #head #heart #looks #minute

I don't believe that wishing works. I think we get the things we work for. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#get #i #i think #things #think

I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#access #because #digital #director #disk

One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#been #i #i think #life #listen

The first thing is that we're being attacked by both the Writers Guild and the Producers Guild. Both of these groups are trying to diminish the importance and strength of the director. They're trying to do it through both frontal and side attacks. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#attacks #being #both #diminish #director

There are so many effects and so many things that are done digitally now that it's so hard for the director to really control the process, because there are more and more experts that come in. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#come #control #digitally #director #done

To do that I try and keep myself in pretty good shape physically and I try to lead my life in such a way that I'll be able to be as strong at the end of the movie as I am in the beginning. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#am #beginning #end #good #i

The real rulers in Washington are invisible, and exercise power from behind the scenes. ↗

— Felix Frankfurter

#exercise #invisible #power #real #rulers