William Friedkin Quotes
I don't go to the movies much anymore. There's very little that draws me. I watch mostly the older stuff, and I often don't sit through the new films.
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Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
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But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.
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Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it.
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I like risky 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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Film is anti-language.
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Some of the stuff that Wilmer wears is bad. And Debra Jo.
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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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Our feature film, 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Two,' has a built-in fan base from the original film.
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The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.
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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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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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I am the biggest geek and fan of film and TV, and I just go through phases.
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All my brother Eliot and I did as kids was film sketches.
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I do get free stuff.
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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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Nationalisation...does not in itself engender greater equality, more jobs in the regions, higher investment or industrial democracy. The public knows this perfectly well, and so do the workers who have suffered from pit closures, steel redundancies and the run-down of the railways. It is idiotic to try to bamboozle them.
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I love singing, so I want to see how far I can take it. I love the challenge, and I won't be happy until I have a wall full of gold discs and seven huge world tours under my belt.
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Why limit yourself? I feel like I can do anything.
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Of course, we were not promoters, we Westons, let's face it. Dad had only $300 in the bank at the end, that's all he had.
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If somebody comes up and they're African American as Mike is, and they're extremely talented as Mike is, they say, "Oh, yeah, he's the next ..." I think that it points to disparity.
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I don't go to the movies much anymore. There's very little that draws me. I watch mostly the older stuff, and I often don't sit through the new films.
