Joshua Leonard Quotes
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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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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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When you're still, and some actors are really brilliant at that, you bring a kind of energy to you as opposed to sending the energy out. There are some actors, like Gary Cooper or Kevin Spacey, that are absolutely brilliant - Gene Hackman is another - at being and allowing the audience to just do the work.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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So many songs are just a wink to the audience, but people take them seriously. 'My Humps?' C'mon!
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I don't think about who the audience is for my books.
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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.
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You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.
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You as an audience can look at these things as films, but I remember them as social experiences.
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My ultimate aim would be to captivate an audience, even just for a second.
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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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I don't have a director. The audience directs me.
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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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The 1910 Edison film of 'Frankenstein' was itself a dead thing revived by technology.
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My name can raise money on a small-budget film.
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I love moments in film where there's no dialogue, and somebody communicates something with a look that kills you. That's why I love going to the cinema.
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I've always been really involved in figuring out who my audience is and how to reach them.
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And it's okay if you have to go away. Oh, just remember the telephone works both ways ((You and I Both))
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One thing I've learnt recently: how to think nothing. Here's the trick: don't have any interest in the world around you, don't have any hope for the future, and be warm.
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Psychologically, the teaching of abstractions first is wrong. Indeed, a thorough understanding of the concrete must precede the abstract.
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I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience.
