Ellen von Unwerth Quotes
I'm into capturing the moment. Sometimes, I'll rip the camera out of my assistant's hands and he'll be shouting, But there's no film in the camera! and I think, Never mind! Let's go.
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I think, doing a first film, at some point you get halfway through, and you wonder, 'Is this is good enough to define who I am for the coming decade?'
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I remember the first time my mind was blown by an actor was Tim Curry, because I loved 'Clue' when I was a kid, and then I was watching the movie 'Legend,' and the Devil suddenly smiles, and I was like, 'It's the same guy!' It was a total Keyser Soeze moment.
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I don't have a place that I call home at the moment because there's no point. I mean, I'm a traveling circus for a while. It's weird. Like, if I wanted to go home, there's nowhere to go. I just go to a hotel. But I've kind of gotten used to it.
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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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From the moment this war began, there was, for this state, only one policy possible, neutrality.
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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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The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.
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When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.
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My speech is really important to me, but the thing is at the moment it can't be more important than my singing. Until I'm an established name all over the world, my speech won't be more important than my music.
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The first movie I can remember seeing in the theater was 'Return of the Jedi.' I can remember seeing Darth Vader's helmet come off. The shock of that moment.
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Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.
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The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave.
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My name can raise money on a small-budget film.
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The camera introduces us to unconscious optics as does psychoanalysis to unconscious impulses.
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Christians believe that God is everywhere and is involved in our lives at every moment, whether we publicly acknowledge God or not.
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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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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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A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion.
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American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible.
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There's more of a family connection when you're working on a TV show. That's not to say that you don't make great connections when you're working on films, but it's different unless you're there working every day.
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People have no idea how hard football is, absolutely no idea. It's all about pace. You can say, 'Yeah, you've got speed of thought' - but you've got to have a little bit of a zip.
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I write slowly.
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Art should never be sociological; it has got to be timeless. It's got to be your vision and how you can represent the world you see.
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I'm into capturing the moment. Sometimes, I'll rip the camera out of my assistant's hands and he'll be shouting, But there's no film in the camera! and I think, Never mind! Let's go.
