Films Quotes
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Make films. And don't listen to anybody, except those who tell you "yes" and who are ready to help you.
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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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Good films not only help me grow as an actor but as a human being.
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I had no interest in really becoming an actress or doing that kind of thing I just knew that I wanted to do something in making films.
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I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films.
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I've never cared for the character I generally played in films.
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As the films of clay are removed from our eyes, Death loses the false aspect of the spectre, and we fall at last into its arms as a wearied child upon the bosom of its mother.
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I was trained on the stage, and I can do stage as well as I can do movies, but I prefer films.
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Cara Delevingne I wanted to be sure that she would be involved. 'Cause she didn't do a lot of films before I met her, so I didn't know if she was serious and so I push her a bit.
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For films, the process is that you work consistently and constantly for 3-4 months and then leave; whereas for a play, you prepare for about a month and then continue performing it for 5 to 6 months.
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If you've as many films as I have, and missed as many opportunities as I have to do good work and been pissed off about it, you say, "Well, now you've got to start getting it right." If you get a chance, you really want to cook. And the tragedy is, when you finally feel that way about yourself, about your work, nobody wants to give you a chance. And that happens to a lot of actors. But I'm feeling very wanted these days, so there must be something in the air.
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I want to give meaning to the history of the past, but to do it in real time, as if it were lived. This gives a special touch to my films, because you feel that I didn't have one single idea of the concrete meaning of what I wanted to say or what you have to feel or what you have to think. For me, this is the beauty, to see the past being born in front of you.
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For me, my realism has stood me over 15 years, so the kind of films that I have done has garnered enough respect for me to be able to survive the industry.
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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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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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What I know is that I am honest about my films, and my films are honest about reality. The stories themselves dictate the way that they should be told.
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Films are a very tangible thing. It's making something with your hands. I think all of these guys - Roger and the whole cast of this movie - what they did was they were willing to make mistakes. They were willing to make movies that were really bad. But they learned.
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I collect all the reviews of the films I turned down. And when they're bad - I have to smile.
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The "Toy Story" films accomplish what timeless classics aim for - innocent characters who face an endless trail of adventures.
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My friends are always honest with me about films. But I really wanted to talk to regular people and kind of have a forum to interact with them; not just about films, but about everything.
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A lot of the films now are more focused on the visuals than on the actors. I think all directors should go to drama school.
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For any director with a little lucidity, masterpieces are films that come to you by accident.
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There are a lot of films that come out for kids, and the parents have to suffer through it.
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Films always make everyone else rich save the author.
