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"Well, we run my ship differently. Any offer that comes in, I yay or nay it, no matter how insane it is. Like, if someone asks me if I'm interested in doing a porn film, the answer to that is going to be no, but it comes to me anyway. I'm responsible for making the call."

"Well, we run my ship differently. Any offer that comes in, I yay or nay it, no matter how insane it is. Like, if someone asks me if I'm interested in doing a porn film, the answer to that is going to be no, but it comes to me anyway. I'm responsible for making the call."

Henry Rollins, American Musician

17

"Nobody would want to leave that film to go get high."

"Nobody would want to leave that film to go get high."

Ellen Burstyn, American Actress

17

"Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all."

"Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to get hold of a camera and some film and make a movie of any kind at all."

Stanley Kubrick, American Director

17

"I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went great. I sang with him about five things, things we'd worked on. And then I went to sing for Andrew Lloyd Weber."

"I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went great. I sang with him about five things, things we'd worked on. And then I went to sing for Andrew Lloyd Weber."

Gerard Butler, Scottish Actor

16

"Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element."

"Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

16

"Well, the studios don't really want to take those risks right off the bat. They'll take the risk after they've seen the finished product and say oh yeah we want that. This is a great film but they are hesitant to take the risk when you just see it on paper."

"Well, the studios don't really want to take those risks right off the bat. They'll take the risk after they've seen the finished product and say oh yeah we want that. This is a great film but they are hesitant to take the risk when you just see it on paper."

Nia Long, American Actress

Film, Right, Risk, Want

16

"Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film."

"Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

16

"I wanted to make a film that was sophisticated and emotional, but for a wider audience."

"I wanted to make a film that was sophisticated and emotional, but for a wider audience."

Stephen Hopkins, American Politician

16

"I remember Berlin. Berlin to me was the star of the film. I loved for six months that we filmed there."

"I remember Berlin. Berlin to me was the star of the film. I loved for six months that we filmed there."

Marton Csokas, New Zealander Actor

16

"At the first screening, there were a lot of areas that we went around and around about. Then we had our second screening. It played better. It's almost a reasonable length film now!"

"At the first screening, there were a lot of areas that we went around and around about. Then we had our second screening. It played better. It's almost a reasonable length film now!"

Terry Gilliam, American Director

16

"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

16

"I was very fortunate in having David Fincher, the director come to me. Now I've seen the finished product, I feel that every bit of the nine months we spent on the film was worth it."

"I was very fortunate in having David Fincher, the director come to me. Now I've seen the finished product, I feel that every bit of the nine months we spent on the film was worth it."

Dwight Yoakam, American Musician

Film, Months, Now, Worth

16

"And that's another reason to make this movie: We can put plays on film now, at a relatively small cost, and they will reach an audience they would never have reached otherwise."

"And that's another reason to make this movie: We can put plays on film now, at a relatively small cost, and they will reach an audience they would never have reached otherwise."

Dustin Hoffman, American Actor

Film, Now, Reason, Will

16

"I go into a young film director's office these days and he says, 'Hey man, I know who you are. I grew up watching 'McHale's Navy'. And I think, 'Oh boy, here we go again'."

"I go into a young film director's office these days and he says, 'Hey man, I know who you are. I grew up watching 'McHale's Navy'. And I think, 'Oh boy, here we go again'."

Mako, Japanese Actor

Film, Man, Navy, Office

16

"It's a word called symbiotic, you send the messages and it comes back in return. Together, it's a wonderful thing, it's why television is so great and film can never reach."

"It's a word called symbiotic, you send the messages and it comes back in return. Together, it's a wonderful thing, it's why television is so great and film can never reach."

Robert Stack, American Actor

Film, Television, Word

16

"The stage is suspension of disbelief. Film is a literal medium."

"The stage is suspension of disbelief. Film is a literal medium."

Joseph Bologna, American Actor

16

"But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place."

"But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Film, First, Right

16

"Yeah I think Pitch Black was edgy, I think that's what worked for our film."

"Yeah I think Pitch Black was edgy, I think that's what worked for our film."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

16

"It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle."

"It's becoming increasingly harder and harder; there's no such thing as independent film anymore. There aren't any, they don't exist. In the old days you could go and get a certain amount of the budget with foreign sales, now everybody wants a marketable angle."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

Film, Now, Old, Sales

16

"I always approach film as a fan."

"I always approach film as a fan."

Michael Fassbender, German Actor

15

"What I'd really like to do is do a film or two a year and then do theater in New York the rest of the year."

"What I'd really like to do is do a film or two a year and then do theater in New York the rest of the year."

Piper Perabo, American Actress

Film, Rest, Theater

15

"By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects."

"By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

15

"I'm a film doll. But I'm enjoying it. So I'm gonna keep doing it."

"I'm a film doll. But I'm enjoying it. So I'm gonna keep doing it."

Shannyn Sossamon, American Musician

15

"That's when it really came together for me that I was in a Bond film, to have my own spy car!"

"That's when it really came together for me that I was in a Bond film, to have my own spy car!"

Rick Yune, American Actor

15

"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

15

"You try to get out there and live. I've always had good friends who've been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I've never felt attached to the film industry."

"You try to get out there and live. I've always had good friends who've been very supportive and help make me feel good and grounded because I've never felt attached to the film industry."

Winona Ryder, American Actress

Film, Friends, Help

15

"When the movie was done, Number Five was crated up. Eric took him over to Germany; displayed him over there because Germans really liked this movie. It was very popular with them."

"When the movie was done, Number Five was crated up. Eric took him over to Germany; displayed him over there because Germans really liked this movie. It was very popular with them."

John Badham, British Director

Film, Germany, Popular

15

"I did a film called Dracula and it was very nice because I had lots of trips to New York on Concorde."

"I did a film called Dracula and it was very nice because I had lots of trips to New York on Concorde."

Julie Harris, American Actress

15

"Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me."

"Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

15

"There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there."

"There is nothing real about film. Nothing. Even the light particles that project the film can't be proven to exist. Nothing is there."

Richard Gere, American Actor

Film, Light, Nothing, Project

15

"Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his is going to come out are his press conferences, because he's so brilliant."

"Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film of his is going to come out are his press conferences, because he's so brilliant."

Brian De Palma, American Director

Film, France, Press

15

"We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28 - no Q, no gadgets."

"We're trying to reinvent Bond. He's 28 - no Q, no gadgets."

Paul Haggis, Canadian Director

15

"Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making a feature film once in a while. I had good fun making the series."

"Although there were only about 24 episodes made it seems to run forever. They take a couple of episodes and put them together, making a feature film once in a while. I had good fun making the series."

Gil Gerard, American Actor

15

"I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It was a much bigger film. Bound was just a smaller film. It was kind of like an old noir film."

"I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It was a much bigger film. Bound was just a smaller film. It was kind of like an old noir film."

Gina Gershon, American Actress

15

"There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival."

"There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival."

Salma Hayek, Mexican Actress

15

"If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a destroyer in the Mediterranean."

"If you've ever seen the film In Which We Serve, but it was about a destroyer in the Mediterranean."

Richard Attenborough, English Actor

15

"I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me."

"I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me."

Albert Brooks, American Actor

15

"And getting stunt coordinator Dan Bradley and everybody from the whole 'Bourne Supremacy' crew, I think was real cool for our film because we do a bunch of really big jumps in this movie."

"And getting stunt coordinator Dan Bradley and everybody from the whole 'Bourne Supremacy' crew, I think was real cool for our film because we do a bunch of really big jumps in this movie."

Sean William Scott, American Actor

15

"Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here."

"Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as it did here."

Richard Linklater, American Director

15

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

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

Ann Macbeth, English Author

Film, State, Support

15

"I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways."

"I mean, it was a mummy movie. It was a good film independent of its source. It that looks like Lawrence of Arabia on steroids in a lot of ways."

Brendan Fraser, American Actor

15

"House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights."

"House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights."

Uwe Boll, German Director

Film, First, Rights, Influence

15

"I think film likes me better than the theatre does for some reason."

"I think film likes me better than the theatre does for some reason."

Miranda Otto, Australian Actress

Film, Reason, Theatre

15

"Everybody's a filmmaker today."

"Everybody's a filmmaker today."

John Milius, American Director

15

"It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves."

"It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves."

Alan Cumming, Scottish Actor

15

"Film and television is just a different technique in terms of how to approach the camera but basically the job is the same; but what you learn as a craft in theater, you can then learn to translate that into any mediums."

"Film and television is just a different technique in terms of how to approach the camera but basically the job is the same; but what you learn as a craft in theater, you can then learn to translate that into any mediums."

Joe Morton, American Actor

Film, Job, Television, Theater

15

"No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film."

"No I didn't audition, I didn't even know David Lynch till the week before I started the film."

Richard Farnsworth, American Actor

15

"And I'm auditioning right now for a movie, and then I have a script that I'm reading right now for a horror film, and I'm meeting for a couple of television shows that I just had yesterday, and pretty much was offered one of them."

"And I'm auditioning right now for a movie, and then I have a script that I'm reading right now for a horror film, and I'm meeting for a couple of television shows that I just had yesterday, and pretty much was offered one of them."

Trishelle Cannatella, American Celebrity

Film, Horror, Meeting, Now

15

"I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we sort of do, I might do two or three key interviews and that would be it."

"I knew nothing about film at all. I suppose the biggest surprise is all these things. In the theatre we sort of do, I might do two or three key interviews and that would be it."

Andrew Lloyd Webber, British Composer

Film, Key, Nothing, Theatre

15

"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

15

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