William R. Ferris Quotes
There is a mythic view of the South that's symbolized by the film "Gone With The Wind" that looks back fondly at slavery as a time when everything was happily in place - in place for whites.
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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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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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Film is anti-language.
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I'm extremely particular how my look should be in a film.
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Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
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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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I refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than the quest for freedom.
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All my brother Eliot and I did as kids was film sketches.
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In a typical history book, black Americans are mentioned in the context of slavery or civil rights. There's so much more to the story.
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A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso.
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I come from a culture where you don't divide it up to what you can do on TV and what you can do on film.
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I read a lot of plays as a kid, but I didn't see that many plays, so I feel better-versed in film history and film structure. I just think it's easier to think in pictures.
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My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.
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I do think 'All Is by My Side' is the type of film I'm the most happiest.
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All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.
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What looks like enjoyment is the sneer of contempt. That's not a smile.
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I look for roles that allow me to immerse in different worlds, immerse in worlds that are different from mine. Then, when you finish a film, you're a different person. I look for that. I look to be impacted, to be transformed, changed by my roles. That's why I do this.
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Beautiful film music can be made relevant to any period.
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Slavery is wrong. If Slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and Constitutions against it, are themselves wrong, and should be silenced, and swept away.
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In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days of making the film. But you can't say that it's 100% true, because there are places where I've been intrusive and interfered.
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Language is to the mind more than light is to the eye.
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I realized that every sermon I preached should be designed not to 'teach' or 'convert' people, but rather to encourage them, to give them a lift. I decided to adopt the spirit, style, strategy and substance of a 'therapist' in the pulpit.
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There is a mythic view of the South that's symbolized by the film "Gone With The Wind" that looks back fondly at slavery as a time when everything was happily in place - in place for whites.
