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Actors should be instinctive and spontaneous. If you think about acting, you're not going to be good.
Paul Morrissey -
A good conservative is someone with an open mind.
Paul Morrissey
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I adore jokes. They're a theatrical contrivance, but the irony of all fiction is that you approach reality by avoiding it a bit; you spoof it a bit.
Paul Morrissey -
I think it's absurd to believe that movies should look like paintings and say something like serious books say something.
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It's good to aggravate people a little. It makes them pay attention.
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I like the idea of stepping back into another time period.
Paul Morrissey -
Every movie I've ever made says the same thing. They all find comedy in people trying to live their lives without any rules.
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I never wanted to be anything special. I just wanted to make films.
Paul Morrissey
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If a person is in front of a camera, they're acting. It's not possible to live in front of a camera.
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My sense is that you can make a film under almost any circumstances. As long as someone has a vague idea of what he's doing, something distinctive will emerge. That, to me, is what film making is all about.
Paul Morrissey