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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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Akshay Vasu

"My focus never wavered; I never accepted the film was not going to be finished."

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Akshay Vasu

"My first student film was Orientation, which was basically the set-up for Animal House. There are a couple of scenes that we later borrowed in some form."

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Akshay Vasu

"I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way."

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Akshay Vasu

"I know it's a film and all of that, and it's a Hollywood film, but it kind of feels like this sometimes, when you're in pain and it hurts, and you're desperate. Or you are about to cross some moral line and it's so seductive and you just do... and all that."

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Akshay Vasu

"Film gives us a second chance at a first impression."

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Akshay Vasu

"She loses 50 pounds in the film, and goes from fairly sane to totally out of her mind. So for the first part of the film I was wearing a 40 pound fat suit, which is very, very uncomfortable. But the worst part was the neck."

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Akshay Vasu

"The film I think was a good film for what it was designed for. It was for kids. Unfortunately the critics slashed it before it even started but that is just the way the cookie crumbles."

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Akshay Vasu

"You're making a movie, not a documentary. If you made a film like the historians would like you to make, you're not going to go and see it. I'd rather see paint dry."

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Akshay Vasu

"You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked."

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Akshay Vasu

"Looper is another great film."

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Joshua Leonard
"I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience."

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Joshua Leonard
"Actors are such an insecure breed."

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Joshua Leonard
"Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role."

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

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

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