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Quotes by Director
"I deliberately, in a way, went for something that was a huge challenge and was a big period film. I was excited about the canvas on which I could tell the story as much as the story itself."
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"I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day."
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"If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart."
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"We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we are together. Relationships are about eating humble pie."
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"Homer is the nice side of Al Bundy with the same intellect. I really like him and Al Bundy."
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"You can dress it up, but it comes down to the fact that a movie is only as good as its script."
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"I had the X rating on my films. Now they do as much on The Simpsons as I got an X rating for Fritz the Cat."
Now,
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"I know people watch our movies and they'll see a lot of images - they call it gross-out - that they don't like, and I understand that. It's an important movie and one that's extremely well done, but the amount of violent imagery was not for me."
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"The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself."
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"All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it."
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"To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper."
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"I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone."
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"In kindergarten that used to be my job, to tell them fairytales. I liked Hans Christian Andersen, and the Grimm fairy tales, all the classic fairy tales."
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"I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing really."
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"The Flower of My Secret is definitely more based in true emotions. I also wanted to make something more realistic, but not naturalistic or simple."
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"We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do."
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"I was dyslexic before anybody knew what dyslexia was. I was called 'slow'. It's an awful feeling to think of yourself as 'slow' - it's horrible."
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"We wanted to do a sequel with Jim and Jeff. They said that the word was that Jim didn't want to do any sequels. We approached him and he said he would do it, but not until next year. New Line said it was too long to wait."
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"It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It's still small, but the film industry was miniscule at that point in the early '80s."
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"Whatever story you want to tell, tell it at the right size."
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"I'd love to have another film to go on to. I'm in the mood to work. But I have to be patient, you know, to find that particular kind of project. Occasionally I'll write one myself if I can summon up the energy."
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"I wish something on T.V. would trouble me. Then maybe I would watch it."
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"It's a terrible thing to say I know. I've only done what I wanted to do. It's a real luxury. I only made the pictures I wanted to make and lived in the places I've wanted to live. I'm very, very happy."
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