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"I'm not a big slasher film fan."

"I'm not a big slasher film fan."

David Naughton, American Actor

28

"I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever."

"I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever."

Sean Lennon, American Musician

Film, Future, Now, Years

28

"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

28

"I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked."

"I knew exactly how I wanted it to play, but you are never sure until you watch the projected images reflect off the screen. That's when you know it worked."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

28

"Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position."

"Your own barometer is all you have to go by, and often what makes a good director is knowing when not to say something. On occasions you can find yourself on a film set where the person who is wearing the director's hat is only trying to justify his position."

Gary Oldman, English Actor

27

"You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it."

"You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it."

Alan Rudolph, American Director

27

"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

27

"There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make."

"There were no previews; we made the film we wanted to make."

Stephen Hopkins, American Politician

27

"I met Milos in 1967. I was working on a student film. And there is Milos Forman. So that's how I met Milos."

"I met Milos in 1967. I was working on a student film. And there is Milos Forman. So that's how I met Milos."

Vincent Schiavelli, American Actor

27

"Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda."

"Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Film, Propaganda, Want

27

"Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat."

"Oh yeah - I watched Knife in the Water, saw the shot, and repeated it. But even if I hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, I mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat."

Phillip Noyce, Australian Director

27

"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

27

"It was the point where things became much more abstract and less literal than in the bulk of the film, which was hardcore rockets and space and planets - all a fairly straightforward evolution from what I had been doing before."

"It was the point where things became much more abstract and less literal than in the bulk of the film, which was hardcore rockets and space and planets - all a fairly straightforward evolution from what I had been doing before."

Douglas Trumbull, American Director

Film, Evolution, Space

27

"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

27

"The studio should not have released this film."

"The studio should not have released this film."

Joel Siegel, American Critic

27

"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

27

"I watch old school film so that I can learn so much that I just sort of miss all the new stuff."

"I watch old school film so that I can learn so much that I just sort of miss all the new stuff."

Mike Epps, American Comedian

Film, Old, School

27

"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

27

"Nudity, in the right way, can enhance a film or a TV program or a TV commercial. If it's done tastefully it can make it more of an interesting product."

"Nudity, in the right way, can enhance a film or a TV program or a TV commercial. If it's done tastefully it can make it more of an interesting product."

Mark Roberts, American Actor

Film, Nudity, Right

27

"Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man."

"Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man."

Robert Conrad, Polish Director

27

"Billy Wilder is really is a heavy influence on Bound. We felt that film noir was a genre where you could create a really contained story. We wanted to be on a set as much as we could to get the kind of style level we were looking for."

"Billy Wilder is really is a heavy influence on Bound. We felt that film noir was a genre where you could create a really contained story. We wanted to be on a set as much as we could to get the kind of style level we were looking for."

Larry Wachowski, American Director

Film, Influence, Style

27

"I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise."

"I can't do a film after having debated it. I am unable to do a film while discussing it with my team. I issue directives. I do not achieve it otherwise."

Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese Director

27

"I haven't seen the film yet because I just got in from London. In the scenes where the two characters are bantering with each other, it is like bobbing at the net in tennis."

"I haven't seen the film yet because I just got in from London. In the scenes where the two characters are bantering with each other, it is like bobbing at the net in tennis."

Albert Finney, British Actor

Film, London, Tennis

27

"I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future."

"I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

27

"In this movie they took them up in space. They're floating around and doing zero gravity stuff. Well, they had to do it all on wires. All the wires had to be painted black against this black background. If you didn't light it properly you could see the wires. Drove them crazy!"

"In this movie they took them up in space. They're floating around and doing zero gravity stuff. Well, they had to do it all on wires. All the wires had to be painted black against this black background. If you didn't light it properly you could see the wires. Drove them crazy!"

John Badham, British Director

Film, Gravity, Light, Space

27

"It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me."

"It's the first film that I made where the director was not present under the camera, and it threw me."

Leslie Caron, French Actress

Film, First, Present

27

"My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good."

"My principal job is to make interesting and entertaining films, and I'm not proud of which format or which particular technique I use. I just wanted the film to look good."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

26

"Film has to describe and show."

"Film has to describe and show."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

26

"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

26

"And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

"And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Film, Reason, Romantic

26

"The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television."

"The theater is a tough place. It's not cushioned the way it is in film and television."

Patti LuPone, American Musician

Film, Television, Theater

26

"The director is planning on titling the film 'Yummy Fur' so we are probably planning on changing the title of the book to 'Yummy Fur' to match the film."

"The director is planning on titling the film 'Yummy Fur' so we are probably planning on changing the title of the book to 'Yummy Fur' to match the film."

Chester Brown, Canadian Cartoonist

26

"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

26

"The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say."

"The existing documentary makers still believe that it is impossible to produce drama material in this State, otherwise they would be doing it, they say."

Ann Macbeth, English Author

Film, Drama, State

26

"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

26

"I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing."

"I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

26

"I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas."

"I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

26

"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

26

"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

26

"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

26

"Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists."

"Rain is also very difficult to film, particularly in Ireland because it's quite fine, so fine that the Irish don't even acknowledge that it exists."

Alan Parker, British Director

Film, Ireland, Irish, Rain

26

"Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's bad. I think the film could have been a lot better."

"Sometimes it's great, sometimes it's bad. I think the film could have been a lot better."

Rod Steiger, American Actor

26

"Those involved in the program are interested in how to use photography, videos, the Internet, film, and anything related to communications and transmission of information in the most up-to-date modern ways."

"Those involved in the program are interested in how to use photography, videos, the Internet, film, and anything related to communications and transmission of information in the most up-to-date modern ways."

Major Owens, American Politician

Film, Information, Internet, Photography

26

"Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone who would disturb the status quo and therefore must be kept imprisoned."

"Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone who would disturb the status quo and therefore must be kept imprisoned."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

26

"I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film."

"I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

26

"You are not an active creator of the film."

"You are not an active creator of the film."

Sydney Pollack, American Director

26

"You want to keep it in there because you feel like it's yours but to be able to see that sometimes some stuff needs to go and I think it's for the benefit of the film."

"You want to keep it in there because you feel like it's yours but to be able to see that sometimes some stuff needs to go and I think it's for the benefit of the film."

Brandon Routh, American Actor

Film, Needs, Want

26

"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

26

"I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell."

"I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell."

Shirley Knight, American Actress

Film, First, Hell

26

"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

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