Debbie Allen Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

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

“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?”

“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.”

“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.”