Tag: directors

March 12, 2015 / Vickie Lester

#We’llAlwaysHaveParis

#ThingsLittleOldMeLearnedFromFamousDirectors “I’ve been to Paris, France, and I’ve been to Paris, Paramount. Paris Paramount is better.” Ernst Lubitsch Translation: my life is film Okay, he’s one of the best, most diverse, directors there ever was… But this about sums it up about the mindset of the director. He just wasn’t…

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January 28, 2014 / Vickie Lester

And waiting, this time with champagne…and Ann-Margret

January 28, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Waiting…with Marlene Dietrich in black lace…on bed

January 27, 2014 / Vickie Lester

Ever wonder what it feels like waiting to hear from your publishers?

Kinda like this… Like Hitchcock is looming over your shoulder. Let me walk you through it. They gave you your break. They alternately praised you and harangued you. Some of it was downright dismal. Some of it inspired you to do the best work you’ve ever done. You realize that…

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May 7, 2013 / Vickie Lester

HOWARD HAWKS

I understand Howard Hawks enjoyed talking to young people: And, mentoring talent: “We discovered Bacall was a little girl who, when she becomes insolent, becomes rather attractive. That was the only way you noticed her, because she could do it with a grin. So I said to Bogey, “We are…

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