Debbie Allen Quotes

But out of limitations comes creativity.
Debbie Allen

A director just pushes them a little this way or that way.
Debbie Allen

Director, Pushes

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.
Debbie Allen

Reason, Far, Takes

But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period.
Debbie Allen

Time, Matter, Possible

Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.
Debbie Allen

Everything, Big, Budget

Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage.
Debbie Allen

Everything, Thought, Less

I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.
Debbie Allen

Design, Walk, Camera

I didn't need the insurance. I do it again if my DP tells me it didn't look good in the camera or if the actors didn't hit their marks. But if everything was working why do it again?
Debbie Allen

Good, Everything, Why

I got my dailies every day, although I couldn't always look at them because I was usually preparing for the next day's shoot, both as an actress and as the director.
Debbie Allen

Both, Next, Director

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.
Debbie Allen

Real, Down, Put

I'm always moving forward.
Debbie Allen

Forward, Moving

In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time.
Debbie Allen

Time, Radio, Scoring

It goes back to a style of moviemaking I remember seeing as a child, in movies like The Man With The Golden Arm, which I think was shot all on a sound stage.
Debbie Allen

Movies, Remember, Child

It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct.
Debbie Allen

Dangerous, Camera, Cut

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.
Debbie Allen

Great, Makes, Making

Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.
Debbie Allen

Street, West, Indian

That's the only way I can control my movie. If you shoot everything, then everything is liable to end up in the movie. If you have a vision, you don't have to cover every scene.
Debbie Allen

End, Everything, Control

The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget.
Debbie Allen

Challenge, Biggest, Budget

The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit a woman's body. Today they make clothes that fit sizes, so it stretches to fit this and that.
Debbie Allen

Time, Today, Woman

The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration.
Debbie Allen

Mind, Real, Place

The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.
Debbie Allen

Women, Today, Looking

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.
Debbie Allen

Great, Sense, Picture

There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work.
Debbie Allen

Work, Moving, Master

Time management is a big part of the director's job.
Debbie Allen

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?
Debbie Allen

Person, Acting, Talking

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Nationality: American

Born: January 16, 1950

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