Shane Carruth Quotes
I will be making films, and I'm going to keep working, no matter what I have to do. And I don't plan to ever ask for permission from anybody.
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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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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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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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Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
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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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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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We all know in our hearts that forgiveness is the right thing; it's just a matter of being inspired to reach that place.
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I'd love my children no matter what.
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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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If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain't - take two!
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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 boy cousins used to sit my older brother and me down and take us through a film-studies course. It included 'Tremors', 'The Goonies', and, of course, 'Star Wars'. That was when it began: sitting cross-legged watching as the opening crawl goes up the screen.
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I make sure that whatever film I do, I enjoy my role.
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You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.
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With 'Girls,' it doesn't really feel like I'm doing TV specifically. It just feels like we're making a really long film.
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I know actors come around and they always talk like that, but I don't do publicity if I don't like the film.
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When you're struggling to get a feature film off the ground, there's no big overarching tenure plan or anything like that.
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When I am not working, I try to watch more than one film a day if I can.
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You playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightening about shrinking so others won't feel insecure around you. As you let your own light shine, you indirectly give others permission to do the same.
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What I've learned is that living in public life... it's impossible to have everybody like you. No matter what you do.
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I am a very thorough person.
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I will be making films, and I'm going to keep working, no matter what I have to do. And I don't plan to ever ask for permission from anybody.
