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William Friedkin

"The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels."

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"The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels."

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"With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini!"

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"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."

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"The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections."

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"If you can find your perfect job, create one."

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"Salary is the currency that is gotten from mortgaging your life and time."

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"Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them out of the hands of children. It certainly is not going to stop the drug problem, we have to work very, very hard."

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Akshay Vasu

"Give a typical employee a million, and, he is most likely to use the money to print his CV on fancier paper."

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Akshay Vasu

"For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work."

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"Assuming roles is something that simply won't work for me, since I don't have a style. None at all."

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Akshay Vasu

"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you."

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William Friedkin
"I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost every day of my life about something or other. And I think it's the one thing, as I look into people's eyes, that I think I share with almost everybody."

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William Friedkin
"Violence is not funny."

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William Friedkin
"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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William Friedkin
"Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed."

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William Friedkin
"The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels."

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William Friedkin
"I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie."

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

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