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"When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries."
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"Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out."
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"Shoot a few scenes out of focus. I want to win the foreign film award."
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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 believe that the story is the most important element of any medium whether it's theater, film, TV."
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"On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film."
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"I have a movie coming out called Spun, which will be at the Toronto Film Fest."
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"Film, I think, is my medium."
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"You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking me to Kurosawa films when I was eight, but no."
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"You need an R rating because without one, you can't advertise and the film won't get shown."
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"Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man."
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"In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio."
Ownership
"Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film."
Tradition
"With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in."
Work
"Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints."
Movies
"Betrayal... is my favorite subject."
Betrayal
"I think I've done pretty well. I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards, so I don't have any complaints."
Movies
"I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it."
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"We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds."
Being
"I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler."
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"And I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic."
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