I joined the Actors Studio and began to work with Lee Strasberg, and that changed my work. Votes: 3
Sally FieldAlmost everything I learned about being an actor came from those early years at the Actor's Studio. Votes: 3
Paul NewmanI love the New York that was. The end for me was Studio 54. I don't go out at night anymore. Votes: 3
Brigid BerlinIf you break up with your partner, go straight to the studio. You're going to make great music. Votes: 2
B.o.BEvery Vacation movie didn't just make the studio money. They each made the studio a lot of money. Votes: 2
Chevy ChaseIf I had a choice about going to a meeting at a studio or changing a nappy, I'd choose the nappy. Votes: 2
Tim BurtonBackup dancers are completely respectable. They're the studio musicians of dance. Votes: 0
Mike BirbigliaThe studio system collapsed only when Elizabeth Taylor charged $1 million for Cleopatra. Votes: 0
Leslie CaronIn overseeing both Disney and Pixar Animation, each studio has a unique culture. Votes: 0
John Lasseter(on Warner Brothers) This studio has more suspensions than the Golden Gate Bridge. Votes: 0
Humphrey BogartWhat is generally referred to as American-style films are, in fact, studio productions. Votes: 0
Wim WendersIn the studio the director controls the actor's every move, every inflection, every expression. Votes: 0
Bela LugosiThere's too much insecurity on studio sets, with all the people standing around, whispering. Votes: 0
Illeana DouglasI prefer playing in the studio because you have much more control over things. Votes: 0
Michael SchenkerI suspect that a lot of studio executives still think of me as 'what's-his-name'. Votes: 0
Chris CooperI think that songwriting changed when groups started spending more time in the studio. Votes: 0
Ray DaviesIf the studio wants to spend money on making your movie better, let them. Votes: 0
Lorenzo di BonaventuraI always prefer to work in the studio. It isolates people from their environment Votes: 0
Richard AvedonThe studio keeps notes on the details of editions and production processes and the like. Votes: 0
Patricia PiccininiI liked 'Robocop' because of the director, and it was an intelligent, big-action studio movie. Votes: 0
Michael KeatonThere's no room for being a visionary in the studio system. It literally cannot exist. Votes: 0
Shia LaBeoufI tend to play better in the studio, no pressures, just sheer volume and alcohol. Votes: 0
Colin GreenwoodI've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films. Votes: 0
Jackson RathboneMy studio is not arty. It doesn't smell of turpentine, and I'm not knee-high in paper. Votes: 0
Robert IngpenI realized I liked being in the studio and working on translating the ideas into recordings. Votes: 0
Ariel RechtshaidWe commit our crimes at night and reveal ourselves in the high noon of studio lights. Votes: 0
Don DeLilloI think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie. Votes: 0
Oscar IsaacI want to open my own yoga studio. Planning construction and looking at properties is fun. Votes: 0
Nina DobrevI like performing live more than anything. I get a little bit afraid in the studio. Votes: 0
Valerie JuneGather and hoard your inspirations as you live, then recapture them as needed in the studio. Votes: 0
Nita EngleWhen my wife died, I booked myself into the studio just to work, to occupy myself. Votes: 0
Johnny CashI love the studio. It's my place to escape and to create and to try anything. Votes: 0
Nicole ScherzingerWe still spend more time chasing funds than we do in the studio in creative work. Votes: 0
Alvin AileyIf you imagine my studio floor, you can just keep picking it up and getting masterpieces. Votes: 0
Leonardo DrewI always say that candy is the perfect studio food - it keeps your energy going. Votes: 0
Nick CannonIf a muse knocked at our studio door tomorrow, how many of us would even notice? Votes: 0
Carole KatchenI lived in a studio apartment until my mid-30s. I don't have an extravagant lifestyle. Votes: 0
Craig KilbornEach time I've gone to the studio, the songs have got better and I've got more confident. Votes: 0
Natasha HamiltonI needed an opportunity to get back in the studio and get my recording chops back together. Votes: 0
Pat TraversAll pictures painted inside in the studio will never be as good as the things done outside. Votes: 0
Paul CezanneBy the time I'm in the studio recording my parody, 10,000 parodies of that song are on YouTube. Votes: 0
Al YankovicSo that studio served its purpose, and still is working very well for other people right now. Votes: 0
Billy SherwoodOn Letterman and Leno, it always bothers me when they go outside the studio and it's daytime. Votes: 0
Jimmy KimmelThe Buggles was much more a studio environment idea, which we never actually took on the road. Votes: 0
Geoff DownesI create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women. Votes: 0
Hayao MiyazakiThe better the script, the less money there is. That's just the economics of the studio system. Votes: 0
Peter HedgesI've been in enough films where the studio wanted that extra little cuteness to make it sellable. Votes: 0
Sandra BullockWhen studio art started being seen as important, I joined Colab, and then I became very involved. Votes: 0
Kiki SmithWhen you do a studio picture, all the paperwork and legal stuff is already taken care of! Votes: 0
David TwohyIf you think of movie studio executives, say, as society, then I root for the independent producers. Votes: 0
Donald E. WestlakeIntellect in the practice room or studio gives you the tools to use your heart on stage. Votes: 0
Manny LaureanoI am racing to the studio the moment that God affords me the opportunity to hear again. Votes: 0
Foxy BrownA Hank Cochran song in the studio is spiritual. It's like singing a hymn in a church. Votes: 0
Jamey JohnsonI wouldn't go into the studio if I didn't have a band who's ready, willing, and able. Votes: 0
Cass McCombsI just love making music. I always stay in the studio. Making music is my main focus. Votes: 0
Juicy JYou've got to be able to make animation for much less... Less is not the studio's way. Votes: 0
Don BluthEvery time I'm not on a project, I'm writing or in the studio or doing gigs DJing. Votes: 0
Taryn ManningMy dream as a teenager was to run a movie studio, as in the old studio system. Votes: 0
Robert GreenblattWhat's working for me is like when I go into the studio, I'm trying to get goosebumps. Votes: 0
Eric BenetI was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic. Votes: 0
Natalie WoodI always want to be prepared, 'cause you never know who's going to come to your studio. Votes: 0
Danny ClinchI was lucky enough to be down at the studio the day John Paul Jones came down. Votes: 0
Chris ShiflettRegardless of how well a studio is run, it's only as good as the product it produces. Votes: 0
Vince McMahonI wanted to use the studio like a microscope for sound, which is what good engineers do. Votes: 0
Brian EnoI much prefer being in the studio or on stage and staying out of the mainstream really. Votes: 0
Ian AstburyI want to build a studio in my backyard. The interest rates are low now, so who knows Votes: 0
Paul TaylorI've turned my guest house into this little studio, and we have actors come over and do readings. Votes: 0
Jeff GoldblumI think it's the most extraordinary studio around. I would love to do my next project with Pixar. Votes: 0
Brad BirdI've reached a certain age where I love to work. I could just live here [at the studio]. Votes: 0
Francisco CostaI'm not some movie star relying on a studio. I have my own fans and I earned them. Votes: 0
Tucker MaxI don't typically work that late into the night in a studio, I'm more productive during the day. Votes: 0
Amy RayI'm hyperactive, and I went in the studio and I would just start making records, for no reason. Votes: 0
Puff DaddyIt is a lot cheaper to spend eight hours in a rehearsal hall than in a recording studio. Votes: 0
Jim MessinaAfter being in the studio, I realized this is how I want to be. It just feels right. Votes: 0
Aurora AksnesWhat producers did was mostly recording in the studio, so it never changed our sound just that much. Votes: 0
Stephen MalkmusMy studio is a fantastic combination of old and new, and that's how I've always liked to work. Votes: 0
Kate BushThere are a lot of characters that you can get into that don't exist in the studio world. Votes: 0
Josh HutchersonThe painter locks himself out of his own studio. And then has to break in like a thief. Votes: 0
Jackson PollockYou can't go back and edit during the live set in the club. In the studio it's different. Votes: 0
Rob BrownI didn't really think about the sound of my songs before I started recording things in the studio. Votes: 0
Aurora AksnesI make movies for me and posterity. I'm more scared of history than I am of the studio. Votes: 0
Doug LimanThe joy of being in the studio is having people being utterly free to throw out their ideas. Votes: 0
Mary Chapin CarpenterFor years it never occurred to me to question the judgment of those in charge at the studio. Votes: 0
Gene TierneyThe studio thought I was crazy to perform all of my own fencing stunts, but I loved it. Votes: 0
Maureen O'HaraI think I like singing when I'm singing live. It's just in the studio when it's a drag. Votes: 0
Cass McCombsSometimes I do, sometimes I don't. But while I'm doing vocal in a studio, I can't stand it. Votes: 0
GinuwineI mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things. Votes: 0
Joan CollinsBecause I'm such a studio guy, I really trust my process. I really believe in myself in the studio. Votes: 0
Balthazar GettyI regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent. Votes: 0
Lucille BallI used to go to work and take heroin in the studio and then stop when I came home, Votes: 0
Damon AlbarnI got into the studio when I was thirteen. At the age of twelve I was doing public performances. Votes: 0
ChingyNo, I'm at full height, I'm in the studio, I can actually catch actors by the eye, it's fantastic. Votes: 0
John LeesonThe only thing I'd ever done with news was to read copy sitting at the microphone in the studio. Votes: 0
Ed BradleyIt would be a dream come true if I could just go from studio to studio and play solos. Votes: 0
Michael SchenkerI spend at least a couple hours a day in the studio, every day, whether I'm dancing or not. Votes: 0
Mikhail BaryshnikovThere's not a lot of thinking that I need to do away from the studio on Broken Bells stuff. Votes: 0
James MercerI am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over. Votes: 0
Philip GustonIt's more enjoyable to shoot in a studio on a single location with two actors...if they are good. Votes: 0
Michael HanekeWhitney Houston was a laser beam ... She always gave me better than what I asked for in the studio Votes: 0
David FosterI live in a very small town and now that I've closed down my studio, I'm working at home. Votes: 0
Sergio AragonesThe U.K. needs more first class studio space to encourage the growth of the film and TV sector. Votes: 0
Eric FellnerI am primarily an oil painter and a studio painter, so originally I was going to do an oil painting. Votes: 0
Tatyana FazlalizadehI would have been content to just do studio work, making it on my own never really entered my mind. Votes: 0
Glen CampbellI am a session guy and a studio musician and whatever you need me to do I will do it. Votes: 0
Marco MendozaHaving a studio at home is like having a gym at home - sometimes you're just better off going out. Votes: 0
Nick RhodesWhen I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.' Votes: 0
T-PainWhen I was in my studio I didn't give a damn what sex I was... I thought art is art. Votes: 0
Alice NeelI beat myself up in the studio because I know that a lot of people are expecting me to fail. Votes: 0
Jessica SimpsonI do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music. Votes: 0
Bobby McFerrinI think, if I had my choice, I would spend all my time in the studio writing, and creating music. Votes: 0
Zach CondonMusic is my work, writing songs is my work, touring is my work, going into the studio is my work. Votes: 0
Burning SpearIt really does take a lot of time to make records, to be in the studio and do all that stuff. Votes: 0
Vince GillI probably am more shy than people realize. But I'm shy when I leave a studio and I am just myself. Votes: 0
Jane PauleyYou put the right artist on the right track in the studio and leave the door open to let God in. Votes: 0
Jay-ZI like making work in my studio day in and day out, but I'm not so interested in the business side Votes: 0
Jenny SavilleI work very hard on getting the songs as direct and examined as I can before I go in the studio. Votes: 0
Nick LoweIn the studio, I do try to have a thought in my head, so that it's not like a blank stare. Votes: 0
Cindy CrawfordAnd if I had a preference, it would be to be able to not be in the studio until 4 in the morning. Votes: 0
Alanis MorissetteI've got my own studio, so I sit in my studio writing and if I get a great take, that's the take. Votes: 0
Kid RockI have only one loyalty - to my writing. I never wanted to be the head of a studio or a producer. Votes: 0
Joe EszterhasIf I was an artist, and I was in the studio, then whatever I was doing in the studio must be art. Votes: 0
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