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"I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on."
Time
"I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way."
Cinema
"The power of sound to put an audience in a certain psychological state is vastly undervalued. And the more you know about music and harmony, the more you can do with that."
Music
"In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total of their improvisation needed to impart certain plot points, and schematic material."
Actor
"One of the things I love about cinema is the range."
Love
"You can do really slow movements with it, like zooming in for a minute and a half. The audience isn't aware that the camera has moved, but there's subconscious tension there."
Media
"I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music."
Life
"Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free."
Time
"You make sure that there's a structure that's interesting for them to play on top of, then do temp versions and try it on the film. By the time the players come to the recording session, I've found what works. So I'm not wasting their time."
Time
"It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things more than is healthy."
Control
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"Being an actor means being an instrument for someone else. I want to give myself completely."
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Personal Development
"Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it."
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Personal Development
"My college training was primarily in theatre, with an eye to becoming a director, actor, or producer."
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Personal Development
"Being a film actor is very different from a theatre actor."
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Personal Development
"I don't have any particular excitement about working with any specific director or actor at this point."
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Personal Development
"It's very difficult for me to speak about being an actor."
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Personal Development
"Generally speaking, actors are allowed NO input. Actors are dumb."
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Personal Development
"I am still seeking to become firmly established as an actor."
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Personal Development
"You know, whatever happens between the two of us that's created when we come together as actors is not something I think we can explain."
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Personal Development
"Some of the best actors in the world are very exterior actors, Anthony Hopkins being one of them. He knows exactly how to turn his face to get a certain expression. He knows exactly what to do with eyes, and with his voice. It's very exterior."
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Personal Development
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