Film Quotes
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The first film role I deliberately chose to play after I came out was a raging heterosexual, John Profumo.
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Delhi is full of energy. It is special to me because I have shot my first film here, and it is closer to my home town Chandigarh. I love the food, the vibe, and the people here.
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The film depends on the audience's belief in this relationship.
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Because I trained in theater, I always leave a film shoot feeling like I haven't done anything, like I just sat in front of the camera and whispered, essentially.
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News writes history from the perspective of politicians. Film writes history from the perspective of the people.
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'Lisa' was a film that I am really proud of and is probably hopefully going to be remade.
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But nothing beats a Woody Allen film on a Sunday night, with a glass of wine and some leftovers.
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There's a difference between watching a film and watching a bit of cinema and enjoying a film as a piece of cinema.
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I started my own magazine with drawings, commentary, news, film reviews and drawings.
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A film engages you emotionally and intellectually.
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'The Master' is a wonderful film, honestly, and the actors, Joaquin Phoenix and Phillip Seymour Hoffman, are incredible.
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I've directed independent film.
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As I began making my feature films, it was a great adventure. It was about constructing something I saw in my head or I had designed on storyboards and capturing that on film.
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With a film, you know the beginning, middle and end of your character's arc. But on a TV show, you have no idea where they're going to end up.
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TV, particularly network television, gives you a much greater opportunity to tell a long-form story, to develop a character and keep it detailed. Film, by its nature, is more finite.
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I think that every male actor fantasizes with a boxing film.
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Quentin Tarantino is a genius. I want to do every single film with him.
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The idea that a film is created in the editing room - it's only a certain kind of movie that's made in the editing room and it's not one that I really want to see.
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In film, you can't go into analytical explorations because the audience will reject that.
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Working with Marilyn Monroe on The Misfits (1961) nearly gave me a heart attack. I have never been happier when a film ended.
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So there was one point I thought I was gonna lose it, but once I get on something I have to finish it; I just kept persuading them and they turned around. One good thing was the international guys really stood behind this movie, they thought they could support this film. So these guys step up and that's really good, and then they turned around.
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I've always loved film, and it started with Pixar movies.
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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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It's such a delicate business, the structure of film, isn't it? What happens if a scene is not there but two minutes later? It's an eternal, never-ending search, actually, which is very exciting. It really is.
