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Martin Scorsese

"Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out."

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"The King and Queen made the rounds after the film. We were told how we were to respond, and we were in a semi circle in the lounge area of the cinema, they came around after the King, the Queen and both Princesses."

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"Cinema is an old whore, like circus and variety, who knows how to give many kinds of pleasure. Besides, you can't teach old fleas new dogs."

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"I guess we've had a very close relationship because I don't pretend to know about cinema and I think I do know a bit about theatre but he does, he respected that and so we really just had a collaboration which went completely like this."

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"It is also difficult to articulate the subtleties in cinema, because there aren't words or metaphors which describe many of the emotions you are attempting to evoke."

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"An actor is just a part of a movie, but director - he is the movie."

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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 think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language."

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"A movie is not a movie, it is a potential nuclear furnace of inspiration, courage and conscience."

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"There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut."
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