Film Quotes
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I plough all my money into my next film, so I never actually have any money. It's always invisible.
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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'm pretty proud of my film music in general.
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If you do well as an actor, a good director will pick up on it, and keep it in the film.
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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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Although the French were very friendly and helpful. On one location we were to film at the top of the Eiffel Tower but we couldn't, as it was so misty with four inches of snow on the ground. We couldn't see a thing but we finally got it done.
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My films are never about what Hong Kong is like, or anything approaching a realistic portrait, but what I think about Hong Kong and what I want it to be.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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'Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effect on me. I was about four years old – obviously wasn't supposed to be seeing that film; my sister kind of sneaked it out and we got to see it. She's older than me. That was something I always used to watch.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance - no sequels.
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A lot of guys try to mingle with me because of who I am. If I encounter a guy with a clean heart, I will go by my instincts. I guess my man won't be from the film industry.
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Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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The trade magazine and all was banned in my house. The first time I read a film magazine was when I was 18.
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They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they're incredibly political places.
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A film has its own life and takes its own time.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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I am a shy person, basically. I don't think I can take my shirt off in front of so many people. I never thought about it. No one asked me to. But I don't even know if people like it if they see me without a shirt all of a sudden. But let's see, if a film demands it, I might just do it.
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As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.
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I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.
