Films Quotes
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I only want to tell films that I really feel passionate about telling.
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To me, not every black filmmaker who is making black films is trying to make black cinema.
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There was a time in the 1980s when I worked in 22 films a year.
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I could never have imagined the films I've done and the people I've worked with when I was starting out; I certainly did not have a career path.
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The one worry that I always have with TV is that it's such a long commitment. You sign on to be there for a good amount of time, and then you can't go and do films and things like that.
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My all-time favorites that I always go back to are films by the director John Cassavetes. The movies he made, the work he left behind, have been a big influence for my work.
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I've been really fortunate to be able to do different kinds of films in different scales, different genres, different kinds of roles, and that is important to me.
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I've seen all of my mom's films. She's the reason why I do almost anything.
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I've been doing independent films for 10 years, but one out of five didn't see the light of day.
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A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.
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I'm not in the business of saying just one thing about just one place. If you only see Palestine in my films, then I've failed because then I'm just a provincial filmmaker.
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Amongst my friends, I am known as the most cynical person they know - I'm incredibly cynical. I don't believe in God, I don't believe in the supernatural, I don't believe in anything! And I'm terribly cynical, and somehow or other, all three of my films and much of my television work has been rather sentimental, and 'heartwarming'.
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I want to struggle and make films. It's not a financial thing, it's more of a who-I-am thing.
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I was in awe of Robert Osborne, the man, and his incredible talent. Like everyone else, I loved watching him introduce classic films on TCM. But I was fortunate to also get to know him in real life by spending time with him and being interviewed by him over the years at events around the country.
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A lot of gay-themed films are terrible. And mainstream audiences and the press aren't interested, understandably.
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I want to do more sci-fi films. I want to play half-alien, half-illegal alien.
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I think all my films have a different journey. Therefore, I take it as it comes.
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The constant in my films is love stories. I consider love the chief business of humanity.
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I've made 30-plus films over 20 years. And in my opinion, five of them are good.
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I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.
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On student films, everyone is pitching in to do everything, and I never felt like I was a part of a group before I started acting. I always felt like I had friends in this group and I had friends in that group, but I never felt like I had my group.
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I seek speed, clarity, and a practical approach in people I mingle and work with. I can't see myself working in films that stretch beyond maximum four months.
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I guess I'm not jaded because I still believe that there are good films out there, and there are great directors, and there are great writers. It just takes a little bit more perseverance and a little bit more time to find [them].
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You always worry about films when you hear about them making decisions after announcements are made.
