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Film Quotes
"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."
11
"To stand there and do nothing on film is probably the hardest thing to do."
11
"That is the thing I'm most grateful for in this industry to be able to spin in those different mediums, with television, film and the stage - at this stage of the game."
11
"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."
Film,
11
"To make a film and to sell it to the distributors you need a name."
10
"I was delighted to have lines when they came - learning lines for film isn't a problem, but television is a little different, because we shot those shows the whole way through."
10
"By the first week of shooting, you know exactly where your film is heading based on the psychology of your director."
10
"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."
10
"No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite."
10
"But, you know, when I choose a film I need to believe in it and believe I can do something special with it, and after a while that means not trying to judge or analyze why I should do it. You have to follow this intuition thing, which is a mystery to me."
10
"Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling."
Film,
10
"In the film, I'm not very mobile, like in the space suit."
10
"When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity."
10
"Altman works in such an interesting way, letting things occur in the film even if he didn't particularly plan them."
Film,
10
"There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?"
Film,
10
"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."
10
"My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one."
10
"One person doesn't have to shoulder all the responsibility for why a film does or doesn't do well."
10
"No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film."
10
"When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director."
10
"Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them."
10
"Everyone starts a film thinking that it would be a big hit. But sometimes it goes haywire."
10
"I have a second bedroom I don't use. I'm going to start the Second Bedroom Film Festival. You're all invited."
Film,
10
"I'd play with these Indian players, the tabla and sitar."
10
"The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it."
10
"Just trying to get a film made which is always difficult no matter what kind of a budget you have. Not having a budget makes it even more difficult. Having nineteen days and no budget makes it extremely difficult."
10
"When I come to London, I always like to see what's playing at the NFT."
10
"I never pursued Hollywood banging my drum, because I was never in a film big enough to do that."
10
"I'm trying to interpret the film through the director's head, but it all comes out through me. So, a composer is kind of like a psychic medium."
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