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Alejandro Amenabar

"In horror movies today it's lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance."

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Amber Hurdle

"I don't want to be famous famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized."

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Amber Hurdle

"Well, I think one of the main things that you have to think about when acting in the movies is to try not to make the acting show."

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Amber Hurdle

"I'd rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday."

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Amber Hurdle

"You know how many movies it took Tom Cruise before he was making 5, 6 million dollars? It probably took a billion dollars in box office."

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Amber Hurdle

"I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it."

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Amber Hurdle

"I always felt that if I made a movie, it would be one movie; I didn't see how they could make 26 swimming movies."

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Amber Hurdle

"There's not a lot of good movies being made."

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Amber Hurdle

"In horror movies today it's lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance."

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Amber Hurdle

"I've been watching so many movies and they all have to do with the DVDs. It's just so much more convenient."

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Amber Hurdle

"I mean, I kind of remember... I'm 36 now, so it's kind of hard for me to relate to what it was like when I was 25, or 24, but I do remember a period in time when that's how I defined who I was, by the music I listened to and the movies I went to."

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Alejandro Amenabar
"In horror movies today it's lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance."

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Alejandro Amenabar
"An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it."

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Alejandro Amenabar
"I think the concept of the sea is very important."

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Alejandro Amenabar
"I wouldn't say I'm a very controlling person. For instance, when I talk to the actors, I don't tell them exactly what I want because I want them to surprise me. I even encourage them to change some of the verses of the script if they need to."

Change

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Alejandro Amenabar
"My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published in the '30s and '40s. I liked scary books."

Family

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Alejandro Amenabar
"Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much."

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Alejandro Amenabar
"What's really exciting for me is communicating to other people and not just going somewhere to make a movie. That's Hollywood to me and it would mean nothing."

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