Jane Goldman Quotes
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I know what I miss as a cinemagoer is that balance of films that actually scare me; they're so few and far between.
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People's intolerance, I find puzzling.
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I enjoy the medium of film, and I think I understand it well, and I like working with directors, so yeah, I think I'll stick with this.
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Everybody should be free to love and marry who they want.
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I think when you really adore something, and you've grown up with it, you almost don't want to be part of it. I want to enjoy it as a fan and don't want to ruin the magic.
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'Stardust' ended up being my first film in 2007.
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My idea of growing old gracefully is probably different to other people's!
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The idea that you could make a living from writing always thrilled me.
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I've always been drawn to spooky things, to the unusual, to things that are dark but in a friendly way.
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I loved ghost stories. I love horror stories. I love all of that stuff, but I really yearn for something to actually frighten me. It's more of a yearning for that than something that has to necessarily be cerebral or sophisticated. Good storytelling and something that actually frightens you.
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I see my role as a translator, telling the story that's in the book using the more visual language of film.
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I came to comic books when I was about 15.
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We just really wanted Hit-Girl to be a character who, in a sense, simply happens to be an 11-year-old girl, in the same way that Ripley in 'Alien' could have been a guy, but the part happened to be played by Sigourney Weaver.
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All English people have a fascination with Jack the Ripper. I don't know why, because it's so dreadful, but such a strange, endearing part of our culture. Morbid fascination sums it up.
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Normally with film, it's normal for the screenwriter to never be seen again after finishing until the premiere.
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When it's something you really adore, I think you don't want to be the one who accidentally writes a crap episode.
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I like it when characters respond to things that are outrageous and movie-like in an authentic way.
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I think most of the time you can make something happen, and it's about not letting your imagination be limited by that.
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I've yet to meet a bitter teenager. Bitterness, jealousy and jadedness, I think, are the most unattractive qualities in a person, and unfortunately they do seem to come with age.
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Honestly, I think most directors are about, 'Let's do the most fun and effective thing here and figure out how afterwards.'
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Quite honestly, I'm so happy to be Jonathan's wife and my children's mum that anything else is a bonus.
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The things you encounter in your formative years always stay with you.
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I was into Alan Moore and Frank Miller. I was a teenager when all those books where coming out for the first time - 'Watchmen,' 'V for Vendetta.' It was a great time to get into comics.
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It's really weird because my house is very ornate, but my writing lair is very, very blank. It's white, the furniture is white. It gives me nothing to look at, so I just have to concentrate!