Quotes by Barry Levinson

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)

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)

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 its going to be one of those really silly movies and thats how it got made. (Barry Levinson)

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. (Barry Levinson)

First of all, just to get Diner made would have been an achievement in that I got a chance to direct. (Barry Levinson)

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

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)

I never really wanted to be an actor. And that was the beginning of it, I began to write things down and eventually became a writer on a television show. (Barry Levinson)

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)

It's finding those nonsensical pieces of conversation that we all do all the time. We do all the time. When we're talking on the telephone, there are arguments with people who agree when they both think that they disagree. (Barry Levinson)