What podcasts say about Zachary Israel Braff
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What Zachary Israel Braff has said on podcasts
18 statements · 8 positive · 6 negative · 2 mixed · 2 neutral
The cinematographer is the director’s primary collaborative partner on a film set.
“the cinematographer, I mean, I think is the number one collaborative person the director has that is his or her right hand person.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 6:54
Cinematography choices substantially shape lighting, lenses, and post-production color.
“the lens choice, the way just for example this interview is being. It was lit by a talented cinematographer who chose where to put these three lights and what lenses he was going to put on the cameras and how in post production it was going to be colored so much of that makes a difference.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 7:16
First assistant directing is stereotypically associated with unusually early death because of stress.
“the first assistant director. And that's a very stressful job. They stereotypically die young because it's so stressful.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 8:33
Moving streaming-comedy production from five to six-and-a-half days greatly improves production sanity.
“The new streaming comedies have. The ones that I direct have. Have sort of moved to six and a half days, which is a lot, which you think only is a day and a half more. But it's a huge difference in terms of executing it in a. In a relatively sane way.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 9:20
Nostalgia and callback jokes alone cannot build a new audience for a revival.
“you're never going to build a new audience by going, remember this, remember that? Oh, wasn't it funny? Just doing callback jokes. That gets exhausting.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 16:09
Successful revivals need original tone combined with new characters, scenarios, and people.
“The challenge is, how do you thread that needle of finding the tone again, but also bringing in new characters and new scenarios and new people?”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 16:46
Breakout-hit performers rarely receive a completely new range of opportunities.
“it's rare that those people get a whole new array of opportunities.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 21:39
Changing one’s behavior causes surrounding people to adjust their behavior.
“if you change who you're being, the people around you have to change who they're being.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 25:35
Sustaining changed behavior requires consistently maintaining the new pattern.
“if you're going to shift your patterns and shift your way of being, you have to hold the line.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 28:43
Braff’s anxiety has benefited his writing and comedy.
“Now that has been great for, for, for me in terms of writing and, and comedy”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 32:53
Filmmaking anxiety helps Braff anticipate potential problems.
“it is helpful in that I've probably foreseen everything that could possibly go wrong.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 36:30
Extreme career focus has cost Braff opportunities to develop family and romantic relationships.
“I think personally for me one of the costs has been just obsessively being career focused”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 40:48
Actors who submit underprepared auditions face intense competition from fully prepared performers.
“Do you know how many fucking people are going all out for that same part?”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 45:57
Acting success remains largely luck-driven, though attractiveness and talent increase opportunities.
“I often think of it as like it's all a complete lottery. I think if you're really, really preposterously good looking, you have a lot of lottery tickets and if you're a really talented actor, you have a lot of lottery tickets. If you're both, you have a shit ton of lottery tickets, but it's still a complete lottery.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 47:49
Exceptional stage actors sometimes fail to transition into television or film.
“Just go watch New York theater. I mean, you'll see some of the best acting. And London, of course, you'll see some of the best acting you'll ever see in your lifetime. And some of those people don't, can't or have yet to convert that to TV or film.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 49:03
Giving maximum audition effort does not guarantee being cast.
“I fucking brought it. I brought 100%. That doesn't mean you're going to get everything.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 51:42
Television networks evaluate live viewing and viewing within three days as distinct metrics.
“The first is the live viewing. That means you watched it when it was live. Then they're very interested in what the live viewing plus three days was”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 1:05:37
Some comedies continue to attract meaningful audiences through broadcast television.
“there are comedies, you know, like Scrubs and Abbott and, and for example that are doing really meaningful numbers because people do still watch broadcasts.”
Open the episode · The Brutal Side of Making It In Show Business - Zach Braff - #1107Listen at 1:07:13
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