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"The title came rather early in one of Ringo's more tired and emotional moments."
Richard Lester
"The title came rather early in one of Ringo's more tired and emotional moments."
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"In any film there's always a historical implication."
Oliver Stone
"In any film there's always a historical implication."
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"It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it's like a media blitz."
Stephen Dorff
"It used to be you did TV or you did film. Now it's like a media blitz."
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"The director is the only person who knows what the film is about."
Satyajit Ray
"The director is the only person who knows what the film is about."
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"Although you have some films that are a real bummer, there's always a film that comes up where it's just heaven."
Terence Stamp
"Although you have some films that are a real bummer, there's always a film that comes up where it's just heaven."
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"For instance, when I go to the premiere on Tuesday I probably won't watch the film at all - I'll be watching the audience just to see their reaction to different moments, what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, stuff like that."
Devon Sawa
"For instance, when I go to the premiere on Tuesday I probably won't watch the film at all - I'll be watching the audience just to see their reaction to different moments, what I'm doing right and what I'm doing wrong, stuff like that."
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"When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT."
Walter Salles
"When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT."
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"Once the film came out everyone wanted me, including George Michael."
Cynthia Payne
"Once the film came out everyone wanted me, including George Michael."
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"To stand there and do nothing on film is probably the hardest thing to do."
Thomas Jane
"To stand there and do nothing on film is probably the hardest thing to do."
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"To me, length is an artificial and arbitrary factor in a film."
Frank Darabont
"To me, length is an artificial and arbitrary factor in a film."
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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."
Henry Rollins
"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."
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"Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing."
Daniel Day Lewis
"Making a film, setting it up and getting it cast and getting it together, is not an easy thing."
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"We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20."
Zhang Ziyi
"We're still working out the details, but I'd be delighted to do the film. The problem at the moment is my busy schedule. Shooting on this film has been extended by a month, but I need to be in the U.S. by Dec. 20."
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"I lived in Vancouver, where they film so many things. So it gave me a good shot at it."
Sarah Chalke
"I lived in Vancouver, where they film so many things. So it gave me a good shot at it."
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"My focus never wavered; I never accepted the film was not going to be finished."
Dougray Scott
"My focus never wavered; I never accepted the film was not going to be finished."
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"I went see the horror thriller, Hannibal. I am a massive fan of Anthony Hopkins. He is superb in the film."
David Ginola
"I went see the horror thriller, Hannibal. I am a massive fan of Anthony Hopkins. He is superb in the film."
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"I used to hate doing color. I hated transparency film. The way I did color was by not wanting to know what kind of film was in my camera."
Helmut Newton
"I used to hate doing color. I hated transparency film. The way I did color was by not wanting to know what kind of film was in my camera."
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"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
"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."
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"Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it."
Jack Valenti
"Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it."
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"Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique."
David Lean
"Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real... an audience should not be conscious of technique."
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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."
Satyajit Ray
"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."
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"Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly - and that is exactly the way I want it to stay."
Juliette Binoche
"Each new film is like a trial. Before I step in front of the camera, I do not know whether I am going to fall or whether I am going to fly - and that is exactly the way I want it to stay."
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"I'd like to produce, direct, write, score, and star in a film in exactly the way Chaplin did. I'll do that before I'm thirty."
Eddie Murphy
"I'd like to produce, direct, write, score, and star in a film in exactly the way Chaplin did. I'll do that before I'm thirty."
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"This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have done this film."
Wentworth Miller
"This role is more visible, and I grew up without a lot of that sort of modeling so I'm relieved and proud to have done this film."
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"I met John when I was 18 and I was in my first John Waters film when I was 19."
Mink Stole
"I met John when I was 18 and I was in my first John Waters film when I was 19."
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"I can't remember what the last film I saw was, as I can't smoke or drink in cinemas."
Siobhan Fahey
"I can't remember what the last film I saw was, as I can't smoke or drink in cinemas."
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"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
"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."
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"The secret to film is that it's an illusion."
George Lucas
"The secret to film is that it's an illusion."
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"Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film."
Aaron Eckhart
"Yeah, I'd like to get the girl and at least make it through the film."
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"You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked."
Kabir Bedi
"You are probably right when you say that I could get a role in any producer's film if I just asked."
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"My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes."
Douglas Trumbull
"My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes."
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"The presentation of hard core pornography, brutality and shocking language, from what I hear, is leaving the public jaded and tired of this kind of film."
Pola Negri
"The presentation of hard core pornography, brutality and shocking language, from what I hear, is leaving the public jaded and tired of this kind of film."
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"In this film, we took a helicopter up and showed London as a vista, which is not very often done."
Mel Smith
"In this film, we took a helicopter up and showed London as a vista, which is not very often done."
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"There is also an artistic element which is lead by the film maker. Issues of what is reality and objectivity are as always relevant as someone is going to edit the film."
Ben Edwards
"There is also an artistic element which is lead by the film maker. Issues of what is reality and objectivity are as always relevant as someone is going to edit the film."
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"Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out."
Tim Robbins
"Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out."
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"But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of it so that they know I won't show something that's embarrassing."
Jay Roach
"But I always reassure them that as far as my contractual rights can go, I will protect them and make sure that they have approval over every bit of it so that they know I won't show something that's embarrassing."
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"A woman in Mexico wanted me to heal her. But I can't heal anybody. I just put my hand on her and said, 'Thank you for seeing the film.'"
Jim Caviezel
"A woman in Mexico wanted me to heal her. But I can't heal anybody. I just put my hand on her and said, 'Thank you for seeing the film.'"
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"It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing?"
Richard Donner
"It was 1978 when Superman came out, and I kept thinking, Why don't they do something about it? They've done all these crappy attempts at comic book film adaptations. What can we do different? Why don't we just re-release this thing?"
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"The only way to ensure a film is going to sell is put Will Smith in it and you open it in 3,000 theaters and make sure we have all the top promotional spots in each venue."
Omar Epps
"The only way to ensure a film is going to sell is put Will Smith in it and you open it in 3,000 theaters and make sure we have all the top promotional spots in each venue."
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"My next film is always shaped by the last one... by the things I feel I didn't get right, or the things I like and want to try to develop further, but it always comes out of the last picture."
Robert Benton
"My next film is always shaped by the last one... by the things I feel I didn't get right, or the things I like and want to try to develop further, but it always comes out of the last picture."
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"But as far as, for I think it will be amazing you know where I find myself years from now because of this film. It's just amazing, I think everybody's going to kind of know this film and because of it, me. So I you know it's crazy."
Brandon Routh
"But as far as, for I think it will be amazing you know where I find myself years from now because of this film. It's just amazing, I think everybody's going to kind of know this film and because of it, me. So I you know it's crazy."
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"I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment."
Alain Resnais
"I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment."
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"How would you like to find out how good my right is?"
Sonny Liston
"How would you like to find out how good my right is?"
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"I think the other misconceptions when the film came out, he was very upset that it was so widely released and so widely seen. And neither one of us - well, I think I had hopes it would be, 'cause I really did think it was something special."
Terry Zwigoff
"I think the other misconceptions when the film came out, he was very upset that it was so widely released and so widely seen. And neither one of us - well, I think I had hopes it would be, 'cause I really did think it was something special."
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"This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased."
Philip Kaufman
"This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know get the exteriors and then go back to L.A. We really fought to get it up here and I think Paramount was really pleased."
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"I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images."
Agnes Varda
"I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images."
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"No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film."
Robert Adams
"No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film."
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"It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines."
Taylor Hackford
"It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines."
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"After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs odd energies like a living skin."
Barbara Steele
"After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs odd energies like a living skin."
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"Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie."
Alan Parker
"Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie."
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