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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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"The Witch film, was one suspensed and good made one, it could be well made with some more victims... But..."
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"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."
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"Looper is another great film."
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"As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean."
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"Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was searching for a project, and sniffing around, 'The Wrestler' fit right in."
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"I did put on weight for the last half of the film, but the Ferris wheel scene was shot with a harness on me so that if I fell I wouldn't fall all the way."
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"When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release."
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"You get to the middle of a take that's going really well and the camera will run out of film. They have to stop you, apologize and then you've got to get things going all over again."
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"I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn."
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"I met John when I was 18 and I was in my first John Waters film when I was 19."
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"Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before."
Courage
"I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive."
Movies
"When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism."
Action
"When he brought it to me four years ago, Rodney King had just arrived, I was involved in the clean-up of L.A. and I guess it was part of my experience."
Experience
"If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies."
Change
"Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding."
Civilization
"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."
Film
"On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously."
Hope
"You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that."
Work
"I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell."
Love
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