Films Quotes
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The only time I'm totally happy is when I'm watching films or making them.
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I never wanted to be anything special. I just wanted to make films.
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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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I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.
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I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film.
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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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It's hard to understand the films that you're in, because you never truly get to see them.
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I'm in this business to make films, not get deluded by the system. The system is set up to give you a headache.
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I'm proud to have been in some of the films that continue to be a special part of people's lives.
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Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema.
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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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Television has dried up for my generation, so its plays and films.
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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 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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Before I go off and direct a movie, I always look at four films. They tend to be The Seven Samurai, Lawrence Of Arabia, It's A Wonderful Life and The Searchers.
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I want to do films that are genre-based and character-based.
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When I first started making films 30 years ago, people would comment that I was a woman. But strangely, when I was in television, no one ever mentioned that I was a woman. Maybe it was because television and film were different. There were more women working in television than men. There was no split in terms of work - everyone was considered equal.
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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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I think films about men are often about characters who don't want to express their feelings. You're supposed to kind of admire them for not expressing their feelings. And I feel that's a bit dull. Women's stories often have stronger emotional content, which I enjoy doing. What I really love doing is mixing that with humor.
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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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It's an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn't valid. They're selling films like a product.
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I love watching foreign films on my projector at home along with my closely knit group of friends and family. I also love to dissect movies and discuss them with my friends who are movie buffs.
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I love film; I'd love to do as many films as possible.
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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.
