Films Quotes
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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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The constant in my films is love stories. I consider love the chief business of humanity.
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Whatever affect any of my films have on audiences, I just kind of stop at the door. I make them and I just don't go outside after they're over.
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Truthfully, I'm proud of each of my films in a certain way.
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I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life.
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I only want to tell films that I really feel passionate about telling.
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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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People who make films don't think they have any obligation to help bring (perpetrators) to justice. They are only interested in art, not in justice.
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I've always done indie films, but things started picking up more for, for a lack of a better word, more professional things.
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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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For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether you're going to fall off or make it to the top.
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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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Awards and nominations really help sell films.
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I try to stay out of the public eye as much as possible because I want people to be able to watch my films and not be distracted.
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You work hard making independent films for fourteen years and you get voted best breasts.
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We have little bits of comedy throughout our films but this is like a full-on comedy. I had great time. It was fun to do a comedy and see a lot of the people I worked with on our previous films and meet some new actors. It was a good experience for me.
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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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Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.
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I know that if I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films. That, I remember, and I know I have to accept it.
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It's hard to understand the films that you're in, because you never truly get to see them.
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A film like 'Kai Po Che!', 'Queen', 'Behen Hogi Teri' and 'Bareilly Ki Barfi' are not really independent films.
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You always worry about films when you hear about them making decisions after announcements are made.
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I do not want to make teaching films. If I did, I would create a separate organization. It is not higher education that interests me so much as general mass education.
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I will always come back to do Australian films. I think it matters. I think we can make films that people go and see. And I don't think it's too much to ask that films in this country make a profit and that we embrace them.
