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"The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle."

"The film kept me from working as a secretary. It was a real stroke of luck. A miracle."

Victoria Abril, Spanish Actress

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"Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing."

"Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing."

Daniel Day Lewis, British Actor

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"I mean when the play was on in New York I was starting to get film offers coming through, and since the film's come out I get offered more than I used to, but it happens incrementally."

"I mean when the play was on in New York I was starting to get film offers coming through, and since the film's come out I get offered more than I used to, but it happens incrementally."

Patrick Marber, English Writer

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"I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman."

"I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman."

Richard Donner, American Director

"A film like Genevieve to my contemporaries is not a film made years ago, but last week or last year. They see me as I was then, not as I am now."

"A film like Genevieve to my contemporaries is not a film made years ago, but last week or last year. They see me as I was then, not as I am now."

Kenneth More, British Actor

Film, Now, Years

"Hard Day's Night was one of those great films that will never happen again to anyone in their lifetime. UA were in profit before we'd even finished shooting - The advance sales on the album - the film was out before the album was out was more than it cost UA to make the film."

"Hard Day's Night was one of those great films that will never happen again to anyone in their lifetime. UA were in profit before we'd even finished shooting - The advance sales on the album - the film was out before the album was out was more than it cost UA to make the film."

Richard Lester, English Director

Film, Day, Night, Profit

"Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it."

"Making a film that's supposed to be fun to watch is really hard - that's the weird irony of it."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Film, Fun, Irony

"'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable."

"'Gone With The Wind' is one of the all-time greats. Read Margaret Mitchell's book and watch the film again; it's a soap opera in all its glory. It is superb and memorable."

Timothy Dalton, Welsh Actor

Film, Glory, Opera, Wind

"There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?"

"There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?"

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

"I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an opera if I don't feel like I can put my own self into it. That doesn't mean it has to be about myself."

"I'm not going to spend two years on a film or four years on an opera if I don't feel like I can put my own self into it. That doesn't mean it has to be about myself."

Julie Taymor, American Director

Film, Opera, Self, Years

"I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film."

"I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film."

Todd Barry, American Comedian

Film, Want, Writing

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

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

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Film, Suspense, Truth, Art

"So it is fair enough that you are paying me what I ask for, because it is my name you are using to sell the film. If the producer gives me a guarantee that he will sell the film at a lower price to the distributors, fair enough, then I will charge less!"

"So it is fair enough that you are paying me what I ask for, because it is my name you are using to sell the film. If the producer gives me a guarantee that he will sell the film at a lower price to the distributors, fair enough, then I will charge less!"

Ajay Devgan, Indian Actor

Film, Name, Will

"He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film."

"He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film."

Bille August, Danish Director

"The title came rather early in one of Ringo's more tired and emotional moments."

"The title came rather early in one of Ringo's more tired and emotional moments."

Richard Lester, English Director

"In any film there's always a historical implication."

"In any film there's always a historical implication."

Oliver Stone, American Director

"The director is the only person who knows what the film is about."

"The director is the only person who knows what the film is about."

Satyajit Ray, Indian Director

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

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

Kabir Bedi, Indian Actor

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

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

A. D. Posey, American Poet

Film, Impression, Media, Truth

"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."

"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."

Patrick Marber, English Writer

Film, Hollywood, Pain

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

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

Julie Taymor, American Director

"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."

"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."

Ivan Reitman, Canadian Actor

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