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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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"In any film there's always a historical implication."
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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'll never forget the first screening at the Berlin Film Festival. As soon as the film ended there was an outbreak of booing, which made us look at each other with some surprise."
Film

"Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place."
Hollywood

"Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay."
Life

"I've never felt that using something with tongue in cheek has been a bad thing."
Media

"I have a feeling he felt Jon Voight had run away with the film, which he didn't, though he was brilliant in it, in a much less easy part. I just don't know what had got into him, but something had."
Emotional

"No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen."
Media

"I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see.something, to be disappointed. I think he expected more from the film and himself."
Thought

"We taped all this and then got it transcribed and picked the best lines or ideas or ways to take a scene. I've done that many times, and it can improve the script but also wreck a perfectly good scene."
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"There are certain actors who are very good at improvising, like Dustin Hoffman and Glenda Jackson."
Actor

"Oh, the relationship with actors and managers and agents and things is a terrible problem sometimes."
Actor
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