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- Searching For A Publisher? Read This For Sure! - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2008 from Paul KyriaziI get a lot of questions about how to get a publisher. I have strong feelings about this. You will send your manuscript to publishers that you can convince to receive it. It will sit there for months, even years, and nobody will read it. And if they do, they will want you to completely re-write ...
Views: 1856 - Johnny Cash Motivates By Sam Phillips - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2008 from Paul KyriaziIn the bio-pic "Walk the Line", we see young Johnny Cash singing a gospel song to record producer Sam Philips. Sam stops him and says: "I don't believe what you're singing. But if you were hit by a truck and were lying out there in the gutter dying and you had time to sing one song. One song ...
Views: 2041 - A Movie Maker's True 'Turning Point' - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2008 from Paul KyriaziAt age 30, I had directed two feature films. One I financed by going into debt and one I was hired to do, that gave me a salary, but no sharing in the profits when it became a hit. The credit for writing and directing "Death Machines" was more important. But now it was three years later and ...
Views: 1118 - The Only Way To Be Cool Like James Bond - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2008 from Paul KyriaziBeing "Bond cool" is not about cigarettes, drinking, bikini girls, weapons, gadgets, or cars. It takes inner work, and expressing your individuallity. When James Bond is under pressure he doesn't fold. He focuses. He can call up his talent at will when dismantling a ticking bomb or when ...
Views: 2579 - Why Jane Fonda Dropped James Franciscus - by Submitted on Jul 25, 2008 from Paul KyriaziJane Fonda met, soon to be star, James Franciscus in her college drama class. As she wrote in her autobiography, 'My Life So Far', "James was movie star handsome, smart, literate, and had a sense of humor." He became her first real love. She goes on to say that Franciscus had a great passion ...
Views: 4612 - The Best Way To Pick Up A Girl.......Or Guy - by Submitted on Jul 23, 2008 from Paul KyriaziThis technique has been used by many men and women that I advised, usually to great success or if not, they got it over with and moved on to someone else. You see her across the room. Ah, so attractive. But nobody to introduce her to you. 'Ah, I'll do a James Bond on her,' you think. Now what ...
Views: 1008 - What Do I Do After Film School - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2008 from Paul KyriaziI get this question a lot and have a serious opinion about it: The most important thing is to always keep your shingle hanging out, saying "I am a freelance director." Never say, "Ah I gave that up." Even if you have other jobs, never tear up your business card. Keep contact with all active ...
Views: 979 - Your James Bond Fantasies Become Your Realities - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2008 from Paul KyriaziMost people want their fantasy's to descend on them "naturally," like some sudden miracle, just like they see in the movies. The problem with this is that fantasies usually don't come by chance. (But when they do, savor them.) So something has to be done is to create the fantasy yourself. At ...
Views: 1178 - Frank Sinatra Learns The Value Of True Friendship - by Submitted on Jul 22, 2008 from Paul KyriaziIn 1952 Frank Sinatra was down on his luck and singing to small audiences at Skinny D'Amato's club in. He planned to go to Africa to visit his wife Ava Gardner who was there filming the movie "Magambo" with Clark Gable. She had sent him the airfare, but Sinatra was broke. Seated at a ...
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