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"If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director."
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"The Witch film, was one suspensed and good made one, it could be well made with some more victims... But..."
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"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."
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"Looper is another great film."
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"As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean."
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"This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased."
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"Right after I did 'The Fountain,' I wanted to go make a documentary or something that was less constructed - more natural. I was searching for a project, and sniffing around, 'The Wrestler' fit right in."
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"I did put on weight for the last half of the film, but the Ferris wheel scene was shot with a harness on me so that if I fell I wouldn't fall all the way."
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"When I started in the late 1950s, every film I made - no matter how low the budget - got a theatrical release. Today, less that 20-percent of our films get a theatrical release."
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"You get to the middle of a take that's going really well and the camera will run out of film. They have to stop you, apologize and then you've got to get things going all over again."
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"I do enjoy film. The more I do it the more I learn."
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"When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker."
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"I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own."
Time
"Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things."
People
"Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin."
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"I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films."
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"I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation."
Acting
"I've always done 20 things at once. It's my way of staying alive, not to keep one dish cooking, but several dishes going. And I'm pretty organized."
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"If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director."
Film
"But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent."
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"No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting."
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