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"Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied."
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"I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way."
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"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."
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"You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked."
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"Looper is another great film."
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"When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it."
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"The director is the only person who knows what the film is about."
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"For me, the film has to be incredibly bad to make me want to pack up and leave."
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"He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film."
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"When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director."
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"I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film."
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"I'd really been interested in opera when I was about 16, and I really like staging them."
Opera
"Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied."
Film
"With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life."
Life
"When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen."
Money
"In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film."
Music
"Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama."
Opera
"On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through."
Work
"There were movies that always made me want to be a director. You see brilliant scenes and the way the emotions were handled. I thought, I'd really like to do that."
Movies
"When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men."
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"With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting."
Setting
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