Films Quotes
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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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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 love romance. It goes back to the films I watched as a kid.
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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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Being an actress is a very physical thing. If I didn't look the way I looked, I would never have started in films.
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Stuff I like is getting trashed and stuff that is being praised I think is terrible. I don't really feel in sync with what's happening, but at the same time, what I think keeps me afloat is that I try not to be, and don't want to be, very indulgent. I try to make the films as lean as possible, and to not spend a lot of time crawling up my own ass creatively.
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The greatest films ever made in our history were cut on film, and I'm tenaciously hanging on to the process. I just love going into an editing room and smelling the photochemistry and seeing my editor wearing mini-strands of film around his neck.
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I am not saying that I won't do big commercial films.
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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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I feel like I had to learn how to take care of myself and find out what made me happy aside from just making films.
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I think there are way too many films made, and I've probably made way too many films.
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Who says that big-budget films are safer than mid-range films? In terms of return on investment, I'd rather have 'Sling Blade' and 'Shine' than 'Volcano.'
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I forayed into films in 1974, and I was done with college in 1975.
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Some period pieces are shot slightly objectively, a little bit, and some call it stuffy or dusty or old fashioned. I always felt that some of the films that I admire the most are the ones where they're intimate with the characters.
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My films, no one else will do.
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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.
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If your income on films or whatever you're producing using film drops below a certain level, then you don't have enough money to stay in business. People like to say that this is all just about making money, but if you don't make money, you don't make anything.
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I think optimism and humour are key words for me to make the films accessible, which means they can really travel and be seen by as many people as possible.
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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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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.
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I think a lot about the editing of the films when we're making them, partly because I studied that, and partly because if you think about being in love while you're supposed to be acting in love, there's nowhere to go. You have to focus on something else and then do what's being asked, and you might get some semblance of something interesting.
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I think that's terrific that independent films are getting more and more mainstream press.
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I don't necessarily agree with everything I read about my films, but I wouldn't highlight a specific misconception: If people think this or that about myself or my work, they must have their reasons.
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I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theater, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.
