Nick Park (Nicholas Wulstan Park) Quotes
Get out and make films. There are so many cameras now to suit any budget, so there are no excuses.
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If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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Low budget movies make lots of money.
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With Altman, he does discuss everything with you, but then leaves you to it and gives you full rein and lets you improvise and create a character while the camera is rolling.
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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 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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Our feature film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Two,' has a built-in fan base from the original film.
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The nude scenes were a little eerie and I felt a bit odd. Yeah, when the camera scanned up my body, I said to my friend, 'Now, that's a close-up.' I mean, you see every inch of my body. But I'm okay with it and so it was cool.
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Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness.
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In the '50s, I was traveling alone all over Mindanao, Basilan, all the way to Tawi-Tawi with just a camera and a notebook. I always stayed in the houses of Moros.
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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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Compared with other Indian film composers, I only write about six movies a year. Others write up to 60.
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All my brother Eliot and I did as kids was film sketches.
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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 make sure that whatever film I do, I enjoy my role.
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I've only used my own voice about four times on film.
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The second I walk onto the set and I know that there's a camera and I know that there's a David Twohy behind that camera, there is zero pressure. There is just me jumping into a pool called 'Riddick.' It's the most free I am. It's like channeling something.
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The camera never lies, man. I've learned that. If you allow it, it will see right through you, which is kind of cool.
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The power of collecting money from the people is not to be rejected because it has sometimes been oppressive. Public credit is as necessary for the prosperity of a nation as private credit is for the support and wealth of a family.
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The ability to hold two competing thoughts in one's mind and still be able to function is the mark of a superior mind
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When a woman has lost her chastity she will shrink from nothing.
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There are certain people in whom you can detect the seeds of madness - seeds that have remained dormant only because the people in question have lived relatively comfortable, middle class lives. They function perfectly well in the world, but you can imagine, given a nasty parent, or a prolonged bout of unemployment, how their potential for craziness might have been realized.
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Get out and make films. There are so many cameras now to suit any budget, so there are no excuses.
