Film Quotes
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'When Marnie Was There' was the first animated film I've ever done.
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I go by the role pretty much. And I think the only genre I haven't gotten to do but I'd love to is a western, but no one has ever asked me to do that. Unfortunately they are very few and far between these days, but that is one type of film I'd love to do.
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I'm very picky about what I'll do and the message the film has in it.
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I've only used my own voice about four times on film.
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You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked.
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Who cares and remembers if my last film was a success? I need to work harder.
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I'd love to do all types of film, not just comedy, although I love comedy.
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Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
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The whole year I was in LA I got into telemarketing and learned how to make money. Five years later that skill helped me make my first film.
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I didn't want to be an actress. I wasn't trying to be in film or an art gallery for me.
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My first film 'Saawariya' was a flop; I don't regret it.
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My dream is to do exactly what I'm doing. I love writing and directing, and being somebody that can write about an artist I love or make a film about it. That's great. I would leave the other stuff to those who do it much better.
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The literary aspect of the film business excites me, but show business in general doesn't take any mental giant.
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My first film crush was Mark Lester as Oliver Twist in the Carol Reed film.
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On Saturday afternoons, there was a film, of course, and then we did about four shows between the films. And I would do a tap dance, a little military tap.
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It's a great thriller or mystery, but on another level it's a film about the fact that, if you only look at a person through one lens, or only believe what you're told, you can often miss the truth that is staring you in the face.
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You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.
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I am honoured to have been chosen for an Amitabh Bachchan film.
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A film of my life would never happen!
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I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.
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You know, with the film industry crews, there's an odd mix between a very technical and a very artistic approach to the work, and sometimes as a woman you have to be a little bit careful about how things come out because people don't really want to listen if it's in a certain emotional tone or too strong.
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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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One of the best teaching experiences Ed Schein and I had when we were teaching at MIT in the 1960s was inventing a course on leadership through film.
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Film and television are very different. On the TV show, we do seven or eight scenes a day, so time and money are of the essence, and we have zero room for creativity because you've got to do each scene in only five takes. Whereas, on a film, you have an entire day to film one scene, so you have so much time to choose how you want to fill in a scene.
