Films Quotes
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I want to do films that are genre-based and character-based.
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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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Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.
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Without romance, films will be boring. I doubt if people now understand romance, though they may claim it otherwise. I am very romantic in real life.
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I have been very cautious about the films that I do. I hope to always entertain my audience. The day I am not able to do that, I will quit acting.
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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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It's hard to understand the films that you're in, because you never truly get to see them.
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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 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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I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.
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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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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 are a lot of films that come out for kids, and the parents have to suffer through it.
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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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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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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 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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Today films are made to cater to commercial markets created by multiplexes, not for those who enjoy good cinema.
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Television has dried up for my generation, so its plays and films.
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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 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 have made almost as many films in England as I have in America. I will come back to England again and again.
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I also loved that there in Into the Forest was a beautiful balance to it, where they were strong and survivors and doing things in the film that we normally only see men do, but they were still human and vulnerable, and they still broke and had moments of weakness. That's something that we don't often get to see in these films, either.
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I turned down plenty of films which proved to be hugely successful. And, of course, I've also had plenty of experiences where everyone thought we were doing brilliant work and it ended up pretty horrific. Same as any actor, really.
