Satyajit Ray Quotes
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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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In a movie, you're raw material, just a hue of some color and the director makes the painting.
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I'm a believer in trusting the director.
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I would like - either as an actor, or producer or even director - to do something sci-fi or action-related. I like sci-fi, always have, 'Star Trek' and 'Star Wars' and all that stuff.
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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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My mum is my biggest critic. She said I was good for the first film, but I can still be better, and I need to polish my acting skills.
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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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I'm not the kind of director who aims to send a message out.
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Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.
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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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When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love.
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The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.
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I am the biggest geek and fan of film and TV, and I just go through phases.
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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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I once literally had a casting director ask my agent, 'Can she play anything other than a drunk?'
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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 love movies where you can sense that the director risked biting off more than they can chew.
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The theater and film, they're like two completely different mediums.
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But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.
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I'm a huge boxing and mixed martial arts fan.
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I hung around hippie-ish kind of people and, first of all, they never made any money. If you never make any money, you never have to declare any profession!
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First of all, it is clear that our efforts in Korea can blunt the will of the Chinese Communists to continue the struggle. The United Nations forces have put up a tremendous fight in Korea and have inflicted very heavy casualties on the enemy. Our forces are stronger now than they have been before. These are plain facts which may discourage the Chinese Communists from continuing their attack.
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The director is the only person who knows what the film is about.
