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"Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position."
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"When I'm shooting a film, I don't look at playback. I don't go and do a scene and then hurry up and watch what I just did. I never look at it so I haven't seen any of it."
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"I have a movie coming out called Spun, which will be at the Toronto Film Fest."
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"I think American audiences are quite interesting in that they can handle almost any amount of violence, but the moment the violence becomes sexual violence it immediately becomes an issue."
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"I did a film about the Zodiac Killer. It turned out well."
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"Directing a film was something I was yearning to do. I always wanted to see if I had the capacity to be a good storyteller."
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"I'm so critical of myself. I'm actually really, really proud of the film. It's really cool to see a movie at Sundance because everybody is so supportive."
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"So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally."
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"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."
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"Really? Worst film you ever saw. Well, my next one will be better. Hello. Hello."
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"I did manage to secure a feature film for 2005, though, which I'm really chuffed about."
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"Speaking very generally, I find that women are spiritually, emotionally, and often physically stronger than men."
Men
"I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships and space costumes, things like that."
Science
"So Harry Potter came in and it is nice that I have kids of the right age. I took them to London and they walked around the set and met Harry Potter and that is thrilling."
Age
"Growing up in a particular neighborhood, growing up in a working-class family, not having much money, all of those things fire you and can give you an edge, can give you an anger."
Anger
"I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved."
Mother
"If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon."
Life
"Interesting things come your way but as you get older, your lifestyle changes. I don't want to travel; I don't want to be in a hotel room away from my family."
Family
"Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position."
Film
"I got obsessed with classical music, I got obsessed with Chopin, with playing the piano."
Music
"People imagine that actors are being offered everything and you are not. So things come in and sometimes there are things that I want and can't get a meeting on, or go to a different actors."
People
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