Alan J. Pakula
Alan J. Pakula
Alan Jay Pakulawas an American film director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird, Best Director for All the President's Menand Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth7 April 1928
CountryUnited States of America
communication thinking giving
I am oblique; I think that has to do with my own nature. I like trying to do things which work on many levels, because I think it is terribly important to give an audience a lot of things they might not get as well as those they will, so that finally the film does take on a texture and is not just simplistic communication.
passion careers trying
I've hardly had an avant-garde career ... If you're going to make a film, you have to try to make sure it comes out of a childlike passion, as if you're doing it for the first time.
hands use actors
Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.
way actors certain
Some actors come to the set ready to do their parts a certain way.
childlike hardly sure time
I've hardly had an avant-garde career... If you're going to make a film, you have to try to make sure it comes out of a childlike passion, as if you're doing it for the first time.