"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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"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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"I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

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"I make movies I want to see."

Neil LaBute, American Director

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"Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

Movies, Company

"I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

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"I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad."

Dakota Fanning, American Actress

Movies, Fire, Man

"The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies."

Jason Statham, British Actor

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"The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

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"When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

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"I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations."

Oliver Stone, American Director

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"I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

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"Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche."

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

Joy

"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."

Power

"Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense that you are watching a movie. And hopefully, if we did get our jobs right, that sense disappears when you watch this movie."

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"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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"Mike and Heather and I rapped once or twice in New York and then we all wound up on a train together on the way out to Maryland. I think it was about a month and a half from the time we got cast until the time we shot the thing."

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"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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"I remember when first, Stripes, and then Animal House came out - which I was really proud of, even though it was kind of loose and quite raucous - there were imitative movies that were not quite as good."

"I make movies I want to see."

"Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales."

"I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants."

"I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad."

"The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies."

"The so-called commercialism includes elements like story, plots, rhythms and large big scenes."

"When I go to movies I generally want to be taken to another world."

"I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations."

"I'm less comfortable making American movies because I don't know them so well."

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

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

"Actors are such an insecure breed."

"Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche."

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

"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."

"Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense that you are watching a movie. And hopefully, if we did get our jobs right, that sense disappears when you watch this movie."

"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."

"Mike and Heather and I rapped once or twice in New York and then we all wound up on a train together on the way out to Maryland. I think it was about a month and a half from the time we got cast until the time we shot the thing."

"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."