Films Quotes
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I hope I'm always lucky enough to be able to work in theater, TV, and big films and small films. I think there's advantages and disadvantages to all of them. The fact that this was a small film without much money and without much time made it rich in energy and momentum and drive when we were actually making it 'cause that's all you've got. You've just got the story and the people.
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'Once Upon a Time in the West' is one of my favorite films.
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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 would like to produce films, but I feel I am an unsuccessful producer. That's the fact.
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I've never much been interested in doing films that no one gets to see.
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I could never be Charlie Chaplin. But the films that were made by people like him, or Gene Wilder, or John Candy, the people that inspired me so much were the people that were able to combine humor with heartbreak so beautifully and fluidly. Those films I think were what inspired me to want to come to L.A. and audition for movies.
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They're not supposed to show prison films in prison. Especially ones that are about escaping.
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Brie Larson had a great run, don't get me wrong, she's had amazing films, but this movie itself, the entire concept of it as her as a mother and coming back and trying to assimilate herself in the child's life - Room is a beautiful movie.
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As you build your career, you know where you want to go. I'm definitely moving towards films. That's definitely a goal. I'm definitely going to put it out there.
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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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The problem with working with a record label is they maybe a song I want to make a video for that they will refuse to make a video for because they don't see that song as a single. And I found that very frustrating. I realised what I was doing was making these short films for the blind. They were films and all you had to do was put some headphones on and close your eyes and listen to my voice and you'd be able to visualise the images that I'm putting into your brain. And so I started calling what I was doing 'films for the blind'.
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Wyatt Earp and the Holy Grail it is a big story, which is why there are two more films coming, which will bring the total length of the series to 3 hours.
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I don't want anyone to expect anything from any of my films; I just want them to see it and then tell me what they think.
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Well, TV series tie you up. You can't do films while you're doing a TV series.
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One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black – and – white films.
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If you had told me in the Seventies and Eighties that TV would be as edgy or edgier than most films, and more intelligently written than most films, I wouldn't have believed it. There's great stuff out there.
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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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Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.
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I like to see films that come out with lower budgets because you're forced into using your imagination. You don't have everything at your fingertips. You have to create it from scratch.
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There's such good writing now on television and I don't see a lot of great writing on films sadly.
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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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When I started making films, it was never that I had this great ambition to only do gay-themed material.
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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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I feel glamour has a legit place on the ramp and in the fashion world. In films, glamour has to service the story.
