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"It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role."

"It took me years to live down Dracula and convince the film producers that I would play almost any other type of role."

Bela Lugosi, Austrian Actor

Film, Play, Years

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"I am hoping to film another ad in the summer for Carte Noire."

"I am hoping to film another ad in the summer for Carte Noire."

David Ginola, French Athlete

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"When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead."

"When a film like Chris Nolan's Memento cannot get picked up, to me independent film is over. It's dead."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

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"What I learned from this movie, 40 Days and 40 Nights: Absitenence can be a very good thing. Especially from box offices where this film is playing."

"What I learned from this movie, 40 Days and 40 Nights: Absitenence can be a very good thing. Especially from box offices where this film is playing."

Joel Siegel, American Critic

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"This fall I'm doing something I've never done before. I'm starring in a film, an independent film."

"This fall I'm doing something I've never done before. I'm starring in a film, an independent film."

Michael W. Smith, American Musician

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"Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

"Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

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"If you don't generate tension in the film to begin with... you can't really make a purse out of a sow's ear, you know."

"If you don't generate tension in the film to begin with... you can't really make a purse out of a sow's ear, you know."

Dennis Weaver, American Actor

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"Console game publishing has become more like theatrical release film-making and it is very hard if you are not one of the major publishers, and even for them it is hard unless they are working with major game brands."

"Console game publishing has become more like theatrical release film-making and it is very hard if you are not one of the major publishers, and even for them it is hard unless they are working with major game brands."

Trip Hawkins, American Businessman

Film, Publishing

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"I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because they're not on a fixed salary."

"I wouldn't mind taking a rest for three or four months, but I have to keep on making films for the sake of my crew, who just wait for the next film because they're not on a fixed salary."

Satyajit Ray, Indian Director

Film, Mind, Months, Rest

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"I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment."

"I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment."

Alain Resnais, French Director

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"In France they spend six months training policemen, then they give them a gun and put them on the streets, and I don't know that that's enough. The film's not against the police - although I think that if someone wants to be a cop there's got to be a problem."

"In France they spend six months training policemen, then they give them a gun and put them on the streets, and I don't know that that's enough. The film's not against the police - although I think that if someone wants to be a cop there's got to be a problem."

Mathieu Kassovitz, French Director

Film, France, Months, Police

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"Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film."

"Another thing that really excites me: I'd like to do multiple versions of the same film."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

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"The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting."

"The problem with doing a schlocky or big budget studio film is that it wouldn't actually be fun for me. It wouldn't be exciting."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

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"But I think the thing I'm proud of about the film is that there aren't many films - either independent films or mainstream Hollywood films - that are like this; it's of its own times, and it's the film Mike Nichols wanted to make."

"But I think the thing I'm proud of about the film is that there aren't many films - either independent films or mainstream Hollywood films - that are like this; it's of its own times, and it's the film Mike Nichols wanted to make."

Patrick Marber, English Writer

Film, Hollywood

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"Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody."

"Here is how I work: when I think that a film needs to have a principal theme, I search for a melody."

Michel Legrand, French Composer

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"When a documentary filmmaker, working in the style that I do, suggests that there has been a shooting ratio of 40 hours to every one hour of finished film, that doesn't mean that the other 39 are bad."

"When a documentary filmmaker, working in the style that I do, suggests that there has been a shooting ratio of 40 hours to every one hour of finished film, that doesn't mean that the other 39 are bad."

Ken Burns, American Director

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"They're all based on factual characters. Well, a good amount of them. That's why I was attracted to this genre anyways, because these characters are so large and cartoonish, they're like caricatures, I just felt that there had to be a film made about them."

"They're all based on factual characters. Well, a good amount of them. That's why I was attracted to this genre anyways, because these characters are so large and cartoonish, they're like caricatures, I just felt that there had to be a film made about them."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

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"Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee."

"Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee."

Cameron Diaz, American Actress

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"I grew up on film scores and scores from films."

"I grew up on film scores and scores from films."

Skitch Henderson, American Musician

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"It doesn't really feel like it's got anything to do with me. I mean, I know I wrote it, and all that and invented the characters and made it up, but it's Mike's film, so doing the press and stuff, it feels a little bit inauthentic. I was just one component of it."

"It doesn't really feel like it's got anything to do with me. I mean, I know I wrote it, and all that and invented the characters and made it up, but it's Mike's film, so doing the press and stuff, it feels a little bit inauthentic. I was just one component of it."

Patrick Marber, English Writer

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"I can't remember what the last film I saw was, as I can't smoke or drink in cinemas."

"I can't remember what the last film I saw was, as I can't smoke or drink in cinemas."

Siobhan Fahey, British Musician

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"In musical theater you have to be very big and very animated, while film and television are more toned down."

"In musical theater you have to be very big and very animated, while film and television are more toned down."

Kevin Richardson, American Musician

Film, Television, Theater

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"We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking."

"We don't have a lot of class-conscious filmmaking."

Roger Ebert, American Critic

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"Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them."

"Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them."

George Lucas, American Director

Film, Occupation, Occupations

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"Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement."

"Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement."

Peter Weir, Australian Director

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"Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room."

"Reservoir Dogs is a small film, and part of its charm was that it was a small film. I'd probably make it for $3 million now so I'd have more breathing room."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Film, Charm, Dogs, Now

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"I brought the film like a flower to the world."

"I brought the film like a flower to the world."

Claude Chabrol, French Director

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"I'm not interested in a film about golf but I am interested in golf as a metaphor."

"I'm not interested in a film about golf but I am interested in golf as a metaphor."

Robert Redford, American Actor

Film, Golf, Metaphor

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"In this way, some film schools can be destructive."

"In this way, some film schools can be destructive."

Richard King, American Director

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"Daffy, of course, wants to go on the journey with him but the studio decides they want Daffy back, so Bugs and a young studio executive heroine have to go out and try to bring him back."

"Daffy, of course, wants to go on the journey with him but the studio decides they want Daffy back, so Bugs and a young studio executive heroine have to go out and try to bring him back."

Joe Dante, American Director

Film, Bugs, Journey, Want

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"I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife."

"I had travelled pretty widely around the world even before then, so I knew where to go to film wildlife."

Jim Fowler, American Scientist

Film, Pretty, Wildlife, World

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"Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him."

"Truffaut loved actresses, and he was very intense. All the actresses I knew wanted to do a film with him."

Catherine Deneuve, French Actress

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"It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well."

"It's more like can I build a group of characters and can I tell some universal truths that feel real and aren't formulaic in the spirit of filmmakers gone by who've told American stories that were personal and universal as well."

Cameron Crowe, American Director

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"No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that he was violating his parole. No one knew any of those things. All they saw was this grainy film and police officers hitting him over the head."

"No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that he was violating his parole. No one knew any of those things. All they saw was this grainy film and police officers hitting him over the head."

Daryl Gates, American Public Servant

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"The studio should not have released this film."

"The studio should not have released this film."

Joel Siegel, American Critic

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"Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!"

"Who's ever going to write a film in which I get the girl? Me!"

John Cleese, English Actor

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"I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey."

"I made the film in spite of Harvey, not because of Harvey."

Daniel Day Lewis, British Actor

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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."

"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."

Andre Benjamin, American Musician

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"I even agree with the new digital ways of filmmaking, where you don't even have physical film in the camera, but to be honest, I wouldn't want to use it."

"I even agree with the new digital ways of filmmaking, where you don't even have physical film in the camera, but to be honest, I wouldn't want to use it."

J. Lee Thompson, British Director

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"Looper is another great film."

"Looper is another great film."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Film, Truth, Power, Life

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"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."

"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."

Dougray Scott, Scottish Actor

Film, Historians

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"We don't watch the film anymore because we've seen it so many times, so we'll introduce it, walk out and we'll come back in right about when I wake up in the morning and walk over to the shop and everything's changed."

"We don't watch the film anymore because we've seen it so many times, so we'll introduce it, walk out and we'll come back in right about when I wake up in the morning and walk over to the shop and everything's changed."

Simon Pegg, British Comedian

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"Once the film came out everyone wanted me, including George Michael."

"Once the film came out everyone wanted me, including George Michael."

Cynthia Payne, British Celebrity

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"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."

"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."

Justin Guarini, American Musician

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"I got the boot once from Stanley Donen. The film was called The Little Prince."

"I got the boot once from Stanley Donen. The film was called The Little Prince."

Julie Harris, American Actress

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"I don't feel the obligation to have a big explosion in the first 20 seconds so the audience doesn't turn on another channel. We are trying to make something that looks like a feature film that was bought for television and I think we are succeeding."

"I don't feel the obligation to have a big explosion in the first 20 seconds so the audience doesn't turn on another channel. We are trying to make something that looks like a feature film that was bought for television and I think we are succeeding."

Tom Selleck, American Actor

Film, First, Obligation, Television

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"John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks."

"John Barry was the first film composer I was aware of. As a teenager I owned several of his Bond soundtracks."

Carter Burwell, American Composer

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"In this film, we took a helicopter up and showed London as a vista, which is not very often done."

"In this film, we took a helicopter up and showed London as a vista, which is not very often done."

Mel Smith, British Actor

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"Actually, after the release of the Bond film, the producers came back to me to offer me another one, but I didn't have any juice left for an immediate encore."

"Actually, after the release of the Bond film, the producers came back to me to offer me another one, but I didn't have any juice left for an immediate encore."

Roger Spottiswoode, Canadian Director

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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."

"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."

Roger Corman, American Producer

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