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Good style, to me, is unseen style.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Style
Unseen
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All good work requires self-revelation.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Good Work
Hard Work
Self
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Everything becomes creative if the person doing the job is
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Jobs
Creative
Persons
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The nature of the work is to prepare for a good accident .
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Accidents
Preparation
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All great work is preparing yourself for the accident to happen.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Opportunity
Entrepreneur
Great Work
Preparing
Work Great Yourself
Accident
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I only said 'Titanic' is unwatchable because one can not watch it.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Can Not
Said
Watches
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There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.
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Actors
Small Parts
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There's a powerful magic about being a writer that I still marvel at.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Magic
Powerful
Stills
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There are no personal revelations other than feelings arising from the work itself
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Feelings
Personal Revelation
Revelations
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It's art. It's commerce. It's heartbreaking and it's fun. It's a great way to live.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Art
Fun
Way To Live
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Don't let the difficulty of actually achieving a shot make you think that the shot is good.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Achieve
Make You Think
Thinking
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For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Directors
Film
Littles
Accident
Director
Masterpieces
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In drama, the characters should determine the story. In melodrama, the story determines the characters.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Character
Drama
Stories
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Work is my norm. I have mad energy, insane energy, a kind of stamina in terms of work that's a little crazy.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Crazy
Insane
Mad
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Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie).
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Determine
Style
Theme
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Over-length is one of the things that most often results in the destruction of the movie in the cutting room.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Cutting
Destruction
Rooms
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The varying physical characteristics of the actors may also necessitate changes. Sean Connery is six feet four. Dustin Hoffman isn't.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Actors
Feet
Four
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If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Actors
Challenges
Scripts
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There are no minor decisions in movie making. Each decision will either contribute to a good piece of work or bring the whole movie crashing down around my head many months later.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Decision
Months
Pieces
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While the goal of all movies is to entertain, the kind of film in which I believe goes one step further. It compels the spectator to examine one facet or another of his own conscience. It stimulates thought and sets the mental juices flowing.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Believe
Goal
Juice
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Dolby was in the driver's seat. "Surround Sound" was added. Now we had three speakers behind the screen, two more on the left side of the theater, and two on the right. A closely guarded secret about all this is that you hear the correct balance only if you're sitting in the center of the theater. On the left or right side, those speakers tend to dominate.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Secret
Surround Sound
Two
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I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves as I make them. As long as the theme is something I care about at the moment, it's enough for me to start work. Maybe work itself is what my life is about.
Sidney Lumet / Producer
Care
Life Is
Long
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