Film Quotes
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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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Stage and film are just two wildly different animals. Why compare the two?
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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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American films are less American every day, because you have to please a world audience. There's less authenticity, so it's more accessible.
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My first film crush was Mark Lester as Oliver Twist in the Carol Reed film.
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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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I studied in a Catholic school in Oahu, and I went to a film school in New York.
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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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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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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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I'd like to do a really masculine film.
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I'd love to do all types of film, not just comedy, although I love comedy.
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So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?
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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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My first film 'Saawariya' was a flop; I don't regret it.
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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.
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Part of what's so tricky in a film that's two hours long is how many themes can you effectively explore.
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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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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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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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I realized what interested me as a student of film was one thing and the movies that I liked were another.
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I did my first film when I was in the final year of my graduation. At that time, I was still a kid, and I couldn't read the industry very well.
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I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.
