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David Lean

"Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique."

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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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"There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?"

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"I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because they're not on a fixed salary."

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"A film like Genevieve to my contemporaries is not a film made years ago, but last week or last year. They see me as I was then, not as I am now."

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"It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role."

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