Films Quotes
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Initially, my father opposed the idea of joining films and did not want me to move out, but now I'm closest to him and have his full support.
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I'm just trying to up my films - how every film should be better than the previous one. That's what I struggle for.
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I think the work is the same in Indie films or blockbuster. It's just a difference when you do all the publicity. It's like another job. I remember the first time I did The Dreamers. I went to Venice; quite a good amount of publicity, a lot of round-tables and TV. I was just not expecting that. I thought I was going to visit Venice, but actually no.
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There are a lot of good books around. People don't read any more. It's a sad state of affairs. Reading's the only thing that allows you to use your imagination. When you watch films it's someone else's vision, isn't it?
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I think that's terrific that independent films are getting more and more mainstream press.
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I always try that my next film is different than my last movie. I would like to surprise my audience; that, I think, is the job of an actor.
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Films are my life; I don't think there is anything that I would not do for the sake of the movie.
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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 am not saying that I won't do big commercial films.
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That's what a powerful story does. It creates a more intense experience of life for you to watch. That's what a good film does for me, anyway. That process, I enjoy. It just makes for entertaining characters and entertaining films.
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Most of my films have been very character driven.
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I've done some wonderful performance on TV even better than films. But once people watch it, they just forget it. The impact is not strong. So, films and TV are different.
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I feel that I've been very fortunate in the films that I have gotten and that I've chosen to do.
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You can think of my films as cautionary tales, but you might even think of them as despairing tales, because at least in a cautionary tale, you have this idea that by listening to the story you can assure a better outcome. Whereas I'm not at all convinced that's the case. In fact, if anything, I'm convinced that it's the opposite.
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I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films.
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There is a documentary element in my films, a very strong documentary element, but by documentary element, I mean an element that's out of control, that's not controlled by me. And that element is the words, the language that people use, what they say in an interview. They're not written, not rehearsed. It's spontaneous, extemporaneous material.
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Every actor has a production company already. It's just a matter of producing your own films under the label of your own production company.
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I find a lot of swearing in films. And I guess that shows my age. But I also feel that where they say those words, they could just as easily have written other words.
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You look back on films sometimes and if they have not been as all-out successful as you anticipated you try to find reasons why maybe it didn't come off for audiences as well as you would have liked.
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People make great films. I just don't have the eyes to watch them.
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I can't dance like Hrithik Roshan. I don't have the necessary glamour like some of the other actors do. They are able to sell themselves on that aspect. I do roles and films which are very realistic. So, in those films, if you don't get into the skin of it, they won't look convincing.
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I am very choosy about my films. I don't do a film just for the sake of money.
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I was the kid that grew up watching Bette Davis films.
