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The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.

~Barry Levinson

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I'm thinking, this is Robert Redford. You know, he's won an Academy Award, he's talking to me about directing a movie he's in. So you just think that it's Hollywood stuff or whatever.

~Barry Levinson

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I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that.

~Barry Levinson

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I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs.

~Barry Levinson

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I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.

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Craig Nelson who is an actor and is in a show called Coach in the United States. We began to do some improvisational stuff and we used to get laughs and things.

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Apparently nobody really read it, it was a cheap movie, it fit their schedule in terms of things so fine, let the guy make that high school comedy. I used to work with Mel Brooks so they figured oh it's going to be one of those really silly movies and that's how it got made.

~Barry Levinson

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All I try to do is create an atmosphere that seems comfortable enough, that it removes tension and everyone feels free. If they feel free then behaviour happens, small moments happen and that's what ultimately works the best for me.

~Barry Levinson

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A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect.

~Barry Levinson

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The business has changed, and some people can keep talking about theatrical in these wondrous terms - it will survive, but it becomes narrower what you can make. So the films I'm most interested in, studios - or even the independents - aren't making them. I'm mostly interested in people.

~Barry Levinson

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: April 6th, 1922

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