Films Quotes
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It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility.
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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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Truthfully, I'm proud of each of my films in a certain way.
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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'm not an actor who approaches films doing a lot of research. I do zero research, unless it's a film where I'm playing a mock version of someone who already existed. Then, you've got to do a lot of research.
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British films are all "room with a view and a staircase and a pond."
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After six years of working on low-budget independent films of the too-weird-to-watch variety, being asked by DreamWorks to come and play with the big boys, it was like finding an unicorn in your sock drawer.
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Films can't change the society; they can simply open the space for the discussion which can lead to social change and can start new forms of social activism.
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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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My films are very everyday, and people don't always want to go to the cinema to see ordinary lives. They want to see something a bit more extraordinary. I get that desire, but it's not the kind of film I want to make.
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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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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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Sometimes it's more difficult to do very simple, low-key films.
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I think staying away from labels is what makes my films refreshing.
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I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.
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I think the reason novels are regarded to have so much more 'information' than films is that they outsource the scenic design and cinematography to the reader... This, for me, is a powerful argument for the value and potency of literature specifically. Movies don't demand as much from the player. Most people know this; at the end of the day you can be too beat to read but not yet too beat to watch television or listen to music.
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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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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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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.
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I'm not political in the sense of activity. My activity, I guess, are the films. I can't really say if I'm worried or a bit optimistic. I think in a funny way I'm a little bit optimistic because even though nothing has really changed, and even though the governments keep changing and there's always chaos in the Arab world because it's not easy to cope with politically, for me it's really interesting.
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I find the most interesting and most daring scripts tend to be for independent films.
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I care about Bond and what happens to him. You cannot be connected with a character for this long and not have an interest. All the Bond films had their good points.
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Once the script is done, I put it aside for a month. I start thinking of all the films that have influenced me, which I have liked for different reasons, and not necessarily the look, but films that have moved me. Some very strange films came to mind.
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I have no ambition. I am sure that I should, but... I do films when they are proposed. But I never go and look for them.
