Film Quotes
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But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives?
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There's something that happens where you go, if you're lucky, goodness me, from film to another film to another film. And you can sort of feel that if you step off that treadmill, it might all go horribly wrong and you might never be employed again, you know. And I suddenly thought that that's not necessarily the case. And I also thought we make drama as actors about people in the world and that if you are on that treadmill, you start making films about other films.
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I entered the film industry sprinting, but not for long.
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When you're doing the work, film and TV are exactly the same. TV is just film in reduced pieces.
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I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.
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I have fun making films. I love making films. It's the only thing I know how to do. And I do it well.
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The embarrassing thing is that my salad dressing is out-grossing my films.
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You have to surrender less when you see a film than when you go and see something live.
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To be honest, you have to do a big Hollywood film to get enough money to do a good independent film!
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I think there's always an expectation when you're a first generation, especially a first-generation Nigerian, of sort of being a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer. And so, you know, sort of my initial pursuits into the arts and that I was going to pursue film as a career didn't confuse them, but it was definitely something that they were scared about.
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The problem when you edit a film together, when you shoot a film, you are drawn into the moment. You want each moment to be special and full of life.
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I just want to touch something deep in the heart of humanity. I don't know if that's in movies, producing films, or writing a book, but I'm concerned about our spiritual well-being as a human race. I want to impact people in a way that makes us all reach for our best.
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I definitely don't intend to only make films about Nigerians or Africans. I want to make films about people, any people.
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I love con-men characters in film.
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James Caan told me at the end of filming 'Elf' that he had been waiting through the whole film for me to be funny - and I never was.
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I definitely want to do films. To see a character out from beginning to end in a matter of a hundred somewhat pages and then move on to the next role, is fascinating.
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There is something particularly fascinating about seeing places you know in a piece of art - be that in a film, or a photograph or painting.
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Howard Hawks said he'd like to put me in a film with Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart. I thought, "Cary Grant-terrific! Humphrey Bogart-yucch."
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If I were to do a musical, I think I would rather make a film musical.
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Making films is great. You've got 100 people around and you're all dressing up and making weird art - it's a fun group activity.
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This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have done this film.
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Nollywood is a genre, and not the entire Nigerian film industry. However none of the 'New wave' of directors in Nigeria would know what was possible without the Nollywood model, so I'm grateful to them for showing us that our stories are of interest to people other than Nigerians. I would describe myself as a filmmaker, period.
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In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as though he were.
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For an actor working in television or film, I think it's important to understand how the medium works - how the camera and lenses work and how the sound and the editing works.
