Ted Demme Quotes
I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.
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Seventy years old! How did that happen? I was part of the generation that wasn't going to die.
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In some Old Testament books, it's very evident that an editor has been at work. That's quite all right. It's part of the process.
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In the movies, the writer is just the servant, the employee.
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Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
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When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.
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Film has to describe and show.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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My perspective was always being on a number one show doesn't mean anything if I'm not still working consistently at 40 to 50 and 60 years old.
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Low budget movies make lots of money.
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I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not. I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I'm still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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We all know guys who've had their hearts broken in real life; we just don't usually see it in the movies.
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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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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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I don't have a lot of patience for boring arthouse movies.
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I was never a big fan of horror. I got into it making these films, but I don't ever see myself doing slasher movies. The kind of horror film I like is 'The Shining.' I don't really like slashers, but I love thrillers with tension.
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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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A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.
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I love musicals and I love Broadway.
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He was a great student and a really fine leader on the basketball court. He directed a lot of what happened, he was very much one of the reasons why we were successful over those six championships.
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I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.
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I was never a bright student, potentially never good at dramatics; I was sometimes given one-line roles that I was happy to do so that I could bunk classes. My mother used to cry three times a year, and that is when my report card used to come.
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I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film.
