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"When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match."
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"Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner or later he got the crap beaten out of him."
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"Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine."
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"I think the reason we're so crazy sexually in America is that all our responses are acting. We don't know how to feel. We know how it looked in the movies."
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"I coach my daughter's softball and basketball team. We go to all the school functions. We go out to eat at night and take the kids to the movies. We try to be as normal as we can."
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"In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film."
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"When they tell me one of my old movies is on TV, I don't look at it."
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"When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world."
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"My agent said, 'You aren't good enough for movies.' I said, 'You're fired.'"
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"I left 'Law and Order' because I really honestly did want to do movies and did want to be a movie star since I was a little girl."
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"I loved being behind the scenes and finding out how they make movies."
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"In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film."
Music
"In Australia, they set up a special fund to kick films off. It was quite an enlightened sort of move. You could go to this government bureau with scripts and and get finance for films."
Finance
"The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever."
Art
"The music of the most popular operas is so highly esteemed, it can stand endless revivals."
Music
"It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art form but a repository of the most glorious music and drama that man has created."
Art
"When the music and the characters are flawlessly synchronized, the opera develops an emotional force that movies and plays cannot match."
Movies
"With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life."
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"Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances."
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"He's wrong. That's why his films look so terrible."
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"I don't rehearse films as much as opera or theatre. When I began directing films I thought a long rehearsal was a good idea. Experience showed me that the best performance was often left in a rehearsal room."
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