Debbie Allen
Debbie Allen
Deborrah Kaye "Debbie" Allenis an American actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, television producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She is perhaps best known for her work on the 1982 musical-drama television series Fame, where she portrayed dance teacher Lydia Grant, and served as the series' principal choreographer. She currently portrays Catherine Avery on Grey's Anatomy. She is the younger sister of actress/director/singer Phylicia Rashad...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChoreographer
Date of Birth16 January 1950
CityHouston, TX
CountryUnited States of America
There were some scenes where I took ten takes and there were some where I took one.
In the film world you don't often get much rehearsal time. Only on big-budget films do you have the opportunity to rehearse for a week or two.
The screenwriter's role was very instrumental, because it's difficult to take a stage play and adapt it for the screen.
It's rare to find parts where you see two women who relate to each other in that very natural way, with a lot of humor and pathos at the same time.
(Self-checkout is) negative because more and more retailers are losing the personal touch. People want to do business where people know their name and communicate with them. With a world full of email and more self-service we will begin to start seeking out the basics from retailers who create emotion. There is not emotion out of self-service and most people buy out of emotion.
There's always a certain degree of physical attraction between people and the rest either happens or it doesn't.
The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding whats on the page.
Fame is fleeting, honey. Fame is fleeting and it changes.