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"Technique is of less interest than character and story."

William Friedkin, American Director

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"The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you."

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"I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior."

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