Satyajit Ray Quotes
Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he can't leave Madras as some shooting has to be done, so he directs by telephone. The shooting takes place. On schedule.
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To get a film in Cannes is a real honor. To have it play and not get booed is a real relief.
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I think that when somebody loses a bet, they tend to sometimes confuse their motives in rooting and enjoying the game because if you lose your bet, even though the team you're rooting for wins, you have a potentially conflicted outcome.
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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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Sometimes the kids come up with better endings than the real story.
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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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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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Sometimes you're going to have someone on your team who's just not comfortable with being open. You have to ask yourself, 'Is this person going to allow us to be a real team?' Maybe they're not right for your team. You have to be willing to lose someone sometimes.
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To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.
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The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.
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I was a mixture of a country boy and a town boy, really. Chichester is a town on the coast of England, and I grew up all along that strip of coast that Chichester branches out into. Sometimes I was living in a house in the country, and sometimes I was living in a town.
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I am very amazed by the runners out there because I like jog to the garbage can outside sometimes, and I get tired.
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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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Sometimes I know a joke I'm going to yell out ahead of time, but most of the time it's stream of conscious. You never really know it until you've got everyone dressed up, the set is built, all the extras are here.
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When you think about the Americans with Disabilities Act and what it takes for employers sometimes to accommodate a person with disabilities, when we talk about reasonable accommodations - it's doable, but the payoff isn't always obvious right away.
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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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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 sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras.
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Sometimes there's cities where it's just hard to find healthy food. You just have to be prepared.
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I get pimples sometimes, and it's very stressful.
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I write in English. My first album came out in Italy, and I toured and did gigs.
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Understanding that these statements do not represent reality, we should not be threatened by the language that he has used.
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With fame comes the responsibility of what you say. If the country is watching you, there ought to be substance, something worthwhile to speak about.
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Sometimes a director is making three films. Perhaps he is shooting a film in Madras and a film in Bombay and he can't leave Madras as some shooting has to be done, so he directs by telephone. The shooting takes place. On schedule.
