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Debbie Allen quotes: As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them.

As far as pacing the shoot is concerned, I know when I've got it. I don't think there's any reason to take ten takes unless you need them.

Debbie Allen quotes: Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.

Even when you have a big budget, you can't just shoot everything.

Debbie Allen quotes: But out of limitations comes creativity.

But out of limitations comes creativity.

Debbie Allen quotes: Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.

Michael Ralph brilliantly plays the street prophet, a West Indian who foreshadows the Harlem riot.

Debbie Allen quotes: It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct.

It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct.

Debbie Allen quotes: I'm always moving forward.

I'm always moving forward.

Debbie Allen quotes: There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work.

There are some scenes that work beautifully in a moving, sweeping master, which is how I like to work.

Debbie Allen quotes: I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be ... I want this look.

I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be ... I want this look.

Debbie Allen quotes: A director just pushes them a little this way or that way.

A director just pushes them a little this way or that way.

Debbie Allen quotes: The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding whats on the page.

The first thing that goes into shooting a scene is understanding whats on the page.

Debbie Allen quotes: I think a good director casts a film so that the actors bring a lot to the table.

I think a good director casts a film so that the actors bring a lot to the table.

Debbie Allen quotes: Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage.

Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage.

Debbie Allen quotes: As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years.

As one who loves literature, art, music and history, I've been deeply rooted in the Harlem Renaissance for many years.

Debbie Allen quotes: Time management is a big part of the director's job.

Time management is a big part of the director's job.

Debbie Allen quotes: In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time.

In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time.

Debbie Allen quotes: But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period.

But it was not possible to do this movie, in this matter of time, without a solid rehearsal period.

Debbie Allen quotes: Fame is fleeting, honey. Fame is fleeting and it changes.

Fame is fleeting, honey. Fame is fleeting and it changes.

Debbie Allen quotes: The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget.

The biggest challenge was that we had to shoot so quickly and with such a limited budget.

Debbie Allen quotes: The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.

The radio for these women is like television is for us today, which is really like looking at the radio.