Film Quotes
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I'm pretty proud of my film music in general.
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My favorite film is probably the finale - 'Deathly Hallows: Part 2'.
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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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It was always something I knew I was capable of and from an early age my mother was involved in the film industry. She used to work at a production company. So I was exposed to a renaissance period of films in New Zealand back in the early 80's.
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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 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 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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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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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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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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I plough all my money into my next film, so I never actually have any money. It's always invisible.
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Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
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Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.
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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 prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.
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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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'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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My film knowledge is pretty shocking. I'm trying to correct that.
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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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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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Albert Grossman called my office and spoke with my partner Richard Leacock and asked if we'd be interested in making a film with his client, Bob Dylan.
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Compared with other Indian film composers, I only write about six movies a year. Others write up to 60.
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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.
