Quotes by Philip Baker Hall - Page 1

From the time that I was in high school, my life really revolved around live theater, so it almost feels genetic.
Philip Baker Hall / Actor
High School
Live Theater
School
Life Time My Life
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I think the thing that interests most actors these days is the strength and the quality of the writing. I think that's the main thing.
Philip Baker Hall / Actor
Quality
Thinking
Writing
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Pinchas Perry, the director of 'The Chicago 8,' offered me the role of the judge, and he did not know that, 35 years earlier, I'd played a judge in the theater production. So life has its own little twists and turns.
Philip Baker Hall / Actor
Chicago
Turns
Twists
Life Me Know
Earlier
Production
Offered
Perry
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Plays are a pretty big commitment. It takes a minimum of three months out of your life, really. And if you have family or kids, then at least during the rehearsal period for five or six weeks, you kind of say goodbye to everybody.
Philip Baker Hall / Actor
Goodbye
Minimum
Rehearsal
Life Family Your
Big Commitment
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'Mariah' was the first series-regular role for me, and that really came about because of 'Secret Honor.' That really was a direct result of that. Because now I had an agent and was submitted for that part, for James Malone. And... I was the casting director's first choice for James Malone.
Philip Baker Hall / Actor
Casting
Direct
Honor
Agent
James
Submitted
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'Good Times' was with a live audience, three camera, and that was really intimidating. Because there were people on both sides, moving from set to set, and it was pretty scary. As I say, I didn't have a foundation in Hollywood. I hardly knew anybody. Just at the social level. I felt pretty isolated here, I really did.
Philip Baker Hall / Actor
Both Sides
Good Times
Intimidating
Isolated
Scary
Sides
Good Good Times People
Hardly
Live Audience
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Some directors don't say much. Michael Mann, for example. I remember on 'The Insider' he never had much to say. He would do a scene, just kind of nod, and then set it up to do it again. And you might do a scene 10 or 12 times or more, the same little 31-second bit. And you could tell he wasn't satisfied, but he wouldn't say much.
Philip Baker Hall / Actor
Satisfied
Michael
For Example
Insider
Just Kind
Nod
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The bigger the budget, the more people that you have to coordinate and it's not easy to do that always because, not only do people have trouble communicating in that way, but often there are internal disagreements and everybody is not necessarily on the same page. Even in a big-budget movie with famous actors and directors, everybody could be on a completely different page. The director has to figure out a way of getting everybody on the same page, more or less, and keeping them there.
Philip Baker Hall / Actor
Different
People
Trouble
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