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"I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films."
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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 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."
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"You are not an active creator of the film."
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"What I'd really like to do is do a film or two a year and then do theater in New York the rest of the year."
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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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"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
"Do what you're told, and everything will be all right."
Obedience
"Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has."
Actor
"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 don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films."
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"I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it."
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