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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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"That's the other thing about working on movies, the commitment is years. That's one thing that's so frustrating about the process is that it goes on and on and on for years."
"I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me."
"When it comes to turning out movies, I'm for Hollywood."
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"When we were trying to get the money for Driving Miss Daisy, everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen."
"On stage, the audience watches from a fixed viewpoint and the director cannot retake something he doesn't like. It has to work straight through."
"With Cold Sassy Tree having its first production, I saw no necessity to do anything other than produce it with the correct setting."
"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."
"Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied."
"With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life."
"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."
"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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