Ivan Reitman Quotes
I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other, who we would like to hang out with, who we emulate in one way or another.
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Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
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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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Film has played such a big part in my life, in my impressions of the United States.
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Film is anti-language.
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The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.
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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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If someone put a camera in my face now, when I am in student mode, I would get embarrassed, but when I am modelling, I play characters.
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I will only do a Hollywood film when there is something special offered to me.
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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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I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.
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Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.
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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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Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.
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My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bit weird.
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I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
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My role as Ewan McGregor's girlfriend in the film 'Incendiary' ended up on the cutting-room floor, but at least I had two brilliant days of acting with Ewan.
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Some fellow from the Third World kept hammering for prizes for a Communist film which was rotten.
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I love film. I've always been enchanted by doing film. It's something I grew up watching - classics and directors I admire - so that's something I've always been passionate about.
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I loved doing 'Pennies from Heaven.' Because you have to understand that I'd been doing comedy for 15 to 20 years, and suddenly along came the opportunity to do this beautiful film. It was so emotional to me. I loved it. I don't think it was a good career move, but I have no regrets about doing it.
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When I was in college, my brother, B.R. Chopra, who is everything to me, was a director in Bombay. He taught me filmmaking. What I am today is because of him.
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I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other, who we would like to hang out with, who we emulate in one way or another.
