Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity. "
Douglas Wood
Financial
Great
Insecurity
Related Quotes:
" I'm more concerned with getting them to find and strengthen their original voice as writers rather than imposing my own subjective tastes, judgements or sensibility on the project. "
Douglas Wood
Voice
Project
More
" Robert Altman's 'Nashville' is my all-time favorite film because it covers all the bases - it's original, moving, and has something to say, but also funny and incredibly entertaining. "
Douglas Wood
Film
Say
Nashville
" All of the material for 'The Fine Line' was created via improvisation with my partner, but not in front of an audience. We'd continue to refine it in front of an audience based on their responses until it was set and scripted. "
Douglas Wood
Improvisation
Audience
Line
" Fear of failure has always been my best motivator. "
Douglas Wood
Always
Best
Failure
" Right now, writing for me is most rewarding because I'm old enough now to have something to say, which probably wasn't always the case. "
Douglas Wood
Writing
Enough
Me
" I was only in one play at Steppenwolf, in the early days. "
Douglas Wood
Days
Early
Only
" Animation scripts tend to be much more descriptive and are lighter on dialogue. "
Douglas Wood
Dialogue
More
Animation
" I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches. "
Douglas Wood
Ideas
Read
Rather
" Dick Van Dyke was my first idol. He's an amazing physical comedian, like a classic clown, but also very smart and not afraid to show vulnerability. "
Douglas Wood
Clown
Amazing
Smart
" There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me! "
Douglas Wood
Me
Stage
High
" The major studios don't differ very much from one another as they all operate under essentially the same principles and pressure. "
Douglas Wood
Major
Same
Principles
" I used to love Woody Allen but feel he's become a hack as a director. 'Bullets Over Broadway' is the only film of his I've enjoyed in the last 10 years. "
Douglas Wood
Director
Feel
Film
" I was born in Chicago and grew up in the suburb of Evanston. "
Douglas Wood
Chicago
I Was Born
Born
" The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards. "
Douglas Wood
Way
Watch
Write
" When I saw 'The Player', I came out with knots in my stomach because it was so true to my experience. "
Douglas Wood
Experience
Out
True
" While I've lived in L.A. since 1985, I'll always consider Chicago my home town and have much affection for it. My parents and sister still live there so I try to visit as often as I'm able. "
Douglas Wood
Parents
Sister
Home
" I know a lot of people in the business recommend the many Story Structure seminars being offered here, but I point to them as the single biggest contributor to lousy scripts. "
Douglas Wood
Business
Story
Structure
" Originality is, for me, the most important quality in a script. "
Douglas Wood
Important
Quality
Me
" Working in Hollywood can be tumultuous, with incredible highs and lows and you need to be grounded. "
Douglas Wood
Grounded
Hollywood
Need
" I love all of Albert Brooks' work from 'Defending Your Life' back to his first film, 'Real Life', but am sorry that he seems to have lost his edge in his more recent work. "
Douglas Wood
Life
Lost
Love
" Unfortunately, all the cliches we see about Hollywood are true. "
Douglas Wood
See
About
Cliches
" Write the kind of movie you would want to see, in a genre you love. "
Douglas Wood
Want
See
Write
" I am a big fan of the TV series 'Taxi' which combined comedy and pathos better than any other show I've seen. "
Douglas Wood
Comedy
Show
I Am
" That said, I should also add that I learned a great deal from being allowed in these privileged circles and am grateful for the opportunity to have worked closely with some of the most powerful and successful people in the business including Steven Spielberg and Ted Turner. "
Douglas Wood
Great
Business
Grateful