Cameron Crowe
Cameron Crowe
Cameron Bruce Crowe is an American actor, author, director, producer, screenwriter and journalist. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was a contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth13 July 1957
CityPalm Springs, CA
CountryUnited States of America
call exploited gotta love music people rock sanctity song yours
It used to be, like, the sanctity of rock was that you could never let a song of yours be used in a commercial. It was like, 'Oh man, we'll never let our music be exploited that way.' Now they'll call you up and say, 'You gotta use this song in your movie, man. It's the new VW ad! People love it.' And you realize, boy, have times changed.
felt
It felt like a faraway place that was still home,
bring
I told everyone I would bring (the movie) back,
guys talked
Ashton was one of the guys I talked to who I really liked.
commercial guy liked orlando together
Orlando was the first guy I thought of because we'd done a commercial together and I just liked him -- every take was different.
knew personal
This is a personal movie that I knew I had to come here to make,
along beginning defining life success
Orlando's character, at the beginning of the movie, is defining success and failure. But then life comes along and trumps that.
eyes tears turned
I turned around and she kind of had some tears in her eyes.
free gets nobody
nobody gets a free ride. And nobody should get a free ride.
mix name obvious stuff tape
And yeah, she would put 'Pride (In the Name of Love)' on it. You do go for some obvious stuff when you make a mix tape because it reinvents itself.
atmosphere music
I just think if you play it, it seeps in, it seeps into the performances, it seeps into the atmosphere of the movie. And a lot of times I used the music ... while they were doing the scene.
audience felt seeing
I felt like I was seeing it with the audience it was made for,
american-director gone laughter sad start tears wonder
I wonder if I had gone for laughter and tears from the start how sad (the movie) would've been.
middle near shooting somebody
I told them, 'Don't even think about the camera. It may not even be near you. Just have the party.' And then there's somebody in the middle of them shooting film.