Famous quote by Sylvia Kristel

"As a painter you're responsible yourself, 100 percent. In film, you have the editor, the director, the other actors. It has the advantage of not being solitary"

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This quote by Sylvia Kristel speaks to the differences between painting and filmmaking. As a painter, you are entirely accountable for the result of your work. You are the only one who can make choices and produce the painting. On the other hand, filmmaking is a collective procedure. You have the editor, director, and other actors who all add to the final product. This has the advantage of not being a singular procedure, as you have the support of others to assist you develop the film. This quote highlights the differences between the two art types and how they can both be fulfilling in their own methods. Painting can be a really solitary and personal experience, while filmmaking can be a fantastic way to collaborate with others and create something together.

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This quote is written / told by Sylvia Kristel somewhere between September 28, 1952 and today. She was a famous Actress from Netherland. The author also have 9 other quotes.
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Patrice Leconte, Director

"If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film, THE most important person is the director. The director says where the camera goes"

Brad Dourif, Actor

"I needed an outlet in high school and came across painting. I've actually been painting longer than I've been acting. A movie is a collaborative effort, and with painting you just have yourself"

James Franco, Actor

"But a writer's contribution is literary and a film is not literary. When you take that stuff off the page, and cast the people who are going to fit into those roles, that's what being a director is"

Taylor Hackford, Director

"An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say, 'Here, come and do this,' That's the hard part"

John Glover, Actor

"One has the responsibility to oneself, to the writer, director and the people who put up the money, to put out the best of what one has experienced and understood about the human condition as it relates to the role one has been hired to portray"

Tom Skerritt, Actor