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Joshua Leonard

"I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck."

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"I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck."

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Aberjhani

"My next film is always shaped by the last one... by the things I feel I didn't get right, or the things I like and want to try to develop further, but it always comes out of the last picture."

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Aberjhani

"I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise."

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Aberjhani

"I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked."

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Aberjhani

"I didn't have a lot of independent film connections. It really took until the digital film revolution came along that I realized that I could do it myself."

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Aberjhani

"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."

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Aberjhani

"We are the only state that does not have a State Film Corporation there to support the commercial industry."

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Aberjhani

"The Witch film, was one suspensed and good made one, it could be well made with some more victims... But..."

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Aberjhani

"To make a documentary is one thing, to make a feature film is quite another."

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Aberjhani

"I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera."

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Aberjhani

"I prefer film and that's what I think I'm gonna put my focus on."

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Joshua Leonard
"The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research."

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Joshua Leonard
"We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared."

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Joshua Leonard
"I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies I see, and in the ones I am a part of."

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Joshua Leonard
"We ended up with 19 hours of footage and had to narrow it down to an hour and a half. Our instructions were to film everything that came up, including the more mundane moments."

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Joshua Leonard
"I've done almost 20 films and I still worry about not finding the next one."

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Joshua Leonard
"I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to get them seen though."

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Joshua Leonard
"Actors are such an insecure breed."

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Joshua Leonard
"I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak."

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Joshua Leonard
"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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Joshua Leonard
"Sony could have $50 million and a sound stage and A-list actors and never make the same film. The constraints on this film became the essence of this film, became the power of this film."

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