Studios Quotes - Page 25

• It took me some years to clear my head of what Paris wanted me to admire about it, and to notice what I preferred instead. Not power-ridden monuments, but individual buildings which tell a quieter story: the artist's studio, or the Belle Epoque house built by a forgotten financier for a just-remembered courtesan.

  Julian Barnes

  Artist, Years, Paris

  "A vineyard in Montmartre: just one of the hidden pleasures of Paris" by Julian Barnes, www.theguardian.com. March 26, 2011.

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• Recording at home enables one to eliminate the demo stage, and the presentation stage in the studio, too.

  Warren Zevon

  Home, Stage, Demos

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• I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.

  Bobby McFerrin

  Writing, Chance, Performing

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• It's very frustrating making a picture in Paris. We work hard all day at the studio to get a love scene just right. Then, on my way home, I see couples on every street corner doing it better.

  Bob Hope

  Funny, Couple, Humorous

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• Hollywood's like Egypt, full of crumbled pyramids. It'll never come back. It'll just keep on crumbling until finally the wind blows the last studio prop across the sands.

  David O. Selznick

  Blow, Wind, Pyramids

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• I got out of high school, bought a recording studio and started operating it as an engineer and a producer.

  T Bone Burnett

  School, Producers, Recording Studio

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• I suspect that a lot of studio executives still think of me as 'what's-his-name'.

  Chris Cooper

  Thinking, Names, Think Of Me

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• I have my dream job! As a young person training as an actor, walking on the WB studio lot is a dream in itself.

  Keegan Allen

  Dream, Jobs, Training

  "17 Questions with PLL's Keegan Allen". Interview with Kara McGrath, www.seventeen.com. June 28, 2011.

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• I have real TV studios. If I have an idea, I can go shoot it. I can experiment. If I choose to air it or not, it's at my discretion. I don't have to do it to somebody else's time frame.

  Criss Angel

  Real, Air, Ideas

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• I used to record but just in my own studio or in my friend's back when I toyed with the idea of being a rapper.

  Don Cheadle

  Rapper, Ideas, Records

  Interview with Jennifer Cox, www.askmen.com.

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• That's the trouble with anything which essentially has a lot of bits that are physically impossible: You're left, stuck, in the studio. And that's a shame. You're making a movie. You don't want it to stay put, you want it to be a movie - to move.

  Robbie Coltraine

  Moving, Want, Impossible

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Technology has made it much easier to make and manipulate music. Studio-driven, machine-driven music does not always transcend into being a good live act. Many current acts are great live, but many cannot cut it live. The music is not organic.

  Vivian Campbell

  Cutting, Technology, Doe

  "DEF LEPPARD Guitarist: Music Piracy Is Not A Bad Thing For Bands Like Us". Interview with Dana Feldman, www.blabbermouth.net. June 30, 201.

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• My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me visit where he worked. So I started going to his recording studio, and I really dug it.

  Dimebag Darrell

  Father, Men, Musician

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• To get my sound in the studio, I double guitar tracks, and when it gets to the lead parts, the rhythm drops out, just like it's live. I'm very conscious of that.

  Dimebag Darrell

  Guitar, Track, Sound

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• The crew members for 'The Price Is Right' at night are the same guys who work 'Y&R' during the day. It's even in the same studio. I've been in the place for 15 years. So all the faces at 'The Price Is Right' are familiar.

  Doug Davidson

  Night, Years, Guy

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• But at the same time, never having final cut before, I really learned an interesting thing for any studio executive who is reading this: that if a director has final cut, it's actually easier and more interesting to listen to notes.

  Griffin Dunne

  Reading, Cutting, Interesting

  "Griffin Dunne is 'Famous'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. August 21, 2001.

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• In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a certain amount of money for our pictures, which made them low budget movies, but they were distributed through studios.

  Griffin Dunne

  Independent, Community, Amy

  "Griffin Dunne is 'Famous'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. August 21, 2001.

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• And I like being able to go back and forth, and I don't really care if it's a small budget or big budget or studio or independent, as long as it's got a story that's compelling and there's enough money to make the picture.

  Griffin Dunne

  Independent, Long, Stories

  "Griffin Dunne is 'Famous'". Interview with Anthony Kaufman, www.indiewire.com. August 21, 2001.

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• I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.

  Illeana Douglas

  Years, Two, Done

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• I thought I'd do everything on four-track, and then I'll record every instrument myself in a studio, and then I'll have a solo album released by spring.

  Kim Deal

  Spring, Track, Albums

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• I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of harder because the standards were higher, but there was no pressure.

  Caio Fonseca

  Thinking, Artist, House

  "Artists in Their Studios: Caio Fonseca". Interview with Michael Hainey, www.gq.com. May 2, 2012.

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• If you come every day or every month to my studio, you won't see that much change, but if you come once a year, you'll see big new categories opened up.

  Caio Fonseca

  Years, Months, Bigs

  "Artists in Their Studios: Caio Fonseca". Interview with Michael Hainey, www.gq.com. May 2, 2012.

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• I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes on in your life, or in the politics of the world around you, it is wonderful to go into that studio, and tell yourself what to do.

  Suzanne Farrell

  Thinking, Goes On, World

  "Ballerina of the Century". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. December 16, 1990.

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• I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making.

  Maggie Grace

  Fun, Long, Style

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• I just play intuitively and work the same way in the studio. I don't have any magical effects or anything that helps me to get my particular sound.

  David Gilmour

  Play, Sound, Way

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