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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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"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 want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film."
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"I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama."
Appreciation
"On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy."
People
"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this."
Development
"I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans."
Film
"Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing."
Now
"I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures."
Thought
"I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light."
Destiny
"I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along."
Woman
"When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, it's just not my thing anymore."
Motivational
"Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more fun."
Inspirational
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