Orson Welles Quotes
The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
Quotes to Explore
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I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments.
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I love being in the editing room and playing with tempo and with the rhythm of shots.
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Film has to describe and show.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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I'm a writer first and a singer second. And then I started editing my own videos when I was 17, so it's a process I've been doing since I was younger.
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Wes Craven's 'Shocker' is one of my favorite soundtracks. I don't know where that movie stands in the critical eye of cinema, but it was a really fun movie because of all the bands that were part of it.
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Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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I am not ready to fit into the mould of commercial cinema.
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I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.
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The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.
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How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
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Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.
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Oftentimes, when you have a huge studio film and you have big names attached, they like to keep attaching big names.
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I write for somebody who has my own limitations. My reader has a certain difficulty with concentrating, which in my case comes from being a film viewer.
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Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator – he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film.
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Compared with other Indian film composers, I only write about six movies a year. Others write up to 60.
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All my brother Eliot and I did as kids was film sketches.
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As far as film goes, I enjoy all Hollywood films and all Horror films like The Bride of Frankenstein, which also might be my favorite. I like 60's and 70's Italian and Spanish Horror films.
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It was six of a half and one dozen of the other.
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Most people don't see the edginess in my work. They think it's all fantasy and whimsy.
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I've found that doing interviews forces you to face yourself; I'm constantly having to search within myself, to see why I do certain things.
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The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room.
