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All Debbie Allen Quotes
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
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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
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Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.
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But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period.
Debbie Allen
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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
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In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time.
Debbie Allen
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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
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A director just pushes them a little this way or that way.
Debbie Allen
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The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget.
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The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.
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It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct.
Debbie Allen
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