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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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"I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well."

"Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller."

"I'm so critical of myself. I'm actually really, really proud of the film. It's really cool to see a movie at Sundance because everybody is so supportive."
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"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."

"You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked."

"My focus never wavered; I never accepted the film was not going to be finished."

"I saw part of The Singing Detective on TV in New York. I said, Something is going on here."
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"My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way."


"If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children."


"I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone-and this is my biggest satisfaction."


"You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity."


"In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent."
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