Ben Lewin Quotes

Australia, Director
1946

Ben Lewin has a career as a writer and director is spread across three continents and includes award-winning documentaries, feature films, TV movies, mini-series and episodic programs. Born in Poland in 1946, he migrated to Australia with his family in 1949.

Particularly with middle-class people, self-absorption is a struggle.

Ben Lewin
- People
- Struggle
When I watch a movie, I don't want to see the extra bits.

Ben Lewin
- Movie

I think people think filmmaking is fun, but I've never thought that. For me it's always been a lot of work and pain and stress.

Ben Lewin
- People
- Work
- Fun
If you look at the types of directors out there, I'm not as weird as most of them.

Ben Lewin
- Weird
If you want a studio to back you, you want to be doing something that's been done to death!

Ben Lewin
- Done
- Death
By the time I was a young man, I was pretty independent.

Ben Lewin
- Time
- Pretty
- Independent
I am more connected to the world of the imagination, but you don't have to have polio to do that.

Ben Lewin
- World
- Imagination
I have always enjoyed the company of women.

Ben Lewin
- Women

I'm what is known as a 40-year overnight success.

Ben Lewin
- Success