Film Quotes
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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It's a matter of pride to me to get the film done fast, to get it done well. I understand the need for compromise. There is no such thing as a perfect shot, a perfect film. The purpose of film is not to make a monument to oneself.
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To make a successful film from a successful play is probably much more difficult than making one from scratch, just as any carpenter will tell you that it is more difficult to restore an old house than to build a comparable new one.
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I never come away from a film thinking I nailed it.
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If one line about the film excites me, I try to take it forward.
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Acting is what I love to do.I understand the differences between the different formats. But I enjoy whether it be film, TV or in the theater.
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My character in 'Batman v Superman' isn't supposed to be Japanese, but director Zack Snyder said he'd seen me in 'Wolverine' and had to get me in the film somehow. Hearing that was like music to my ears.
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Stax was rejoicing in the difference in who we are, and that's what you see in the film.
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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People ask me about fighting in real life and, honestly, it wouldn't look as graceful as it does in film and TV.
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So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
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Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.
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The U.S., especially Hollywood, is so strong for film production.
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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When I say that I am going to do an American film, I didn't want to suddenly go off into a completely different world that which bears no relation to the style of filmmaking that I'm used to.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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For all its flaws, 'The Hands of Orlac' really is a seminal film, and if you're partial to that particular B-movie subgenre of Demon Body Parts, you really ought to see it.
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Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.
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I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
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Every so often, we - women in film and TV - get annoyed and frustrated. We kick up a fuss and make some gains. But then we become complacent, and things slide backwards again until the next generation comes up and gets frustrated again.
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'Jurassic Park' and 'Star Wars' shoved me into loving sci-fi and film in general when I was a barely coherent 3-year-old. And 'Lord of the Rings' took me to another planet entirely. Before that series, I knew I loved writing, but after, I knew that I had to write.
