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"Cinema has become a global economy, totally international."
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"Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S. films."
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"I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as good as possible."
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"Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out."
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"I did not make this a long film for its own sake. I wanted to make an entertaining film and offer it out there for those who want to see it. If word of mouth suggests there is an audience out there, hopefully their cinema will show it."
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"Cinema in India is like brushing your teeth in the morning. You can't escape it."
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"Ten Days That Shook The World, by Eisenstein, I went to see it, and I was so impressed with this film, so impressed with what cinema could do."
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"Doing cinema is not about watching yourself."
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"Cinema was my rite of passage."
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"Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater."
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"Well the least favourite question is the one that one's asked particularly about in Japan is what's the difference between theatre and cinema and I think, well, that's about eighty bucks."
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"I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat."
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"I love mixing amateurs and professionals."
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"A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality."
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"My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was."
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"Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience."
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"My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries."
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"I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever."
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"But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from."
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"I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much."
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"It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set."
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