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 think, doing a first film, at some point you get halfway through, and you wonder, 'Is this is good enough to define who I am for the coming decade?'
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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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Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
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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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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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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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With pop stars or film stars, we become the object of people's self-definition, as well as the object of sexual definition.
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There will always be apologists for the powerful and politically connected who commit crimes.
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All trips end eventually. Is that any reason to renounce undertaking one and enjoying it? You only live once. Is that any reason to spoil the single life you do have?
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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.
