Milly Shapiro Quotes
I love horror movies, and the kid is always such a big part. Kids are usually seen as so innocent, like, 'Oh, they can't do anything that creepy - they're kids!' That's what a lot of horror movies draw on, so getting to join that 'club' is really cool.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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Low budget movies make lots of money.
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Doing voices in animated movies has been one of my dreams. You get to go and act, and you don't have to put on makeup.
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I really like the power of stopping the laughter and turning it to horror.
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And you also have to do movies that are about commerce because that's what is required of the industry today.
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Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene.
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I am lucky that the Western world chooses me to play roles in their movies an television, whatever language it may be.
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No one ever said movies are for developing your range. Hardly anyone gets that opportunity. Which is why I think the stage is so good. It's less bread, but you can play different types, and you can initiate your own projects.
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Not everybody goes to movies to get their life changed.
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I loved cowboy movies when I was a kid. When I was five years old, I was already wearing a cowboy hat and suit. When I grew up, I knew John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Kirk Douglas and so on.
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I just went to see too many movies and I sat in too many dark matinees watching those old serials.
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Some movies bring out the creativity in you. Every single audience member can become creative in the face of a particular movie. If you happen to like my films, it's because my films provide a bed for you on which you can find your creativity. The Hollywood movies do not provide that for you.
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There's no master plan; I'm just going with what I'm inspired to do and what I get asked to do, and luckily the things I've been the most passionate about, I've gotten to do. And a lot of times I've gone up for movies that I didn't really care that much about, and I never got that.
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I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.
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I like thrillers. My style of movies are closer to thrillers.
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I've seen 3-D movies where it seems a little crude or too in-your-face.
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You just never know when movies are going to take off or not. The lucky thing about this was that it didn't cost a lot of money, and therefore there wasn't loads of pressure on me.
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The first two movies I directed failed, when I was 21 and 23, and that was the greatest thing that could have happened.
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I make a mean cup of coffee, if you give me the right ingredients.
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Regarding Wikileaks, I have profound ambivalent feelings about it. I am a firm believer in a strong intelligence service. There's a need for classified information.
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I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.
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As much as I loved Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Junior Gilliam, and Don Newcombe, I loved watching Willie Mays play more than all of them combined, even if he played for the 'bad guys!'
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I love horror movies, and the kid is always such a big part. Kids are usually seen as so innocent, like, 'Oh, they can't do anything that creepy - they're kids!' That's what a lot of horror movies draw on, so getting to join that 'club' is really cool.
