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"The best thing to do is find one person in your life and try to love them unconditionally. If you've accomplished that, you've accomplished a lot."

"The best thing to do is find one person in your life and try to love them unconditionally. If you've accomplished that, you've accomplished a lot."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

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"The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has."

"The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Friendship, Film, Friends, Tomorrow, Will

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"I really, really love directing films."

"I really, really love directing films."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

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"I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another."

"I have lost my seven best friends, which is to say God has had mercy on me seven times without realizing it. He lent a friendship, took it from me, sent me another."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Friendship, God, Lent, Mercy

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"I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films."

"I have as much artistic freedom in my television work as I have in my films."

Ted Kotcheff, Canadian Director

Work, Freedom, Television

44

"I didn't watch much TV as a kid and I don' t watch it now. I don' t find anything beautiful or unique to the medium, and the only thing you can do on TV that you can't do in film is make a continuing story - which is so cool!"

"I didn't watch much TV as a kid and I don' t watch it now. I don' t find anything beautiful or unique to the medium, and the only thing you can do on TV that you can't do in film is make a continuing story - which is so cool!"

David Lynch, American Director

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"I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work."

"I feel that my job is to create an atmosphere where creative people can do their best work."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

Work, People, Job

44

"If you are looking for a producer, try to contact established producers. Don't let the fear of theft paralyze you, or you will never get anywhere with it."

"If you are looking for a producer, try to contact established producers. Don't let the fear of theft paralyze you, or you will never get anywhere with it."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

Fear, Theft, Will

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"I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now."

"I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now."

John Hughes, American Director

Change, People, Brooks, Brothers

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"I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

"I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz."

Emir Kusturica, Serbian Director

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"It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing."

"It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

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"There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized."

"There are always at least five good films at the end of the year to get nominated, but generally speaking nowadays, it's more of the independent films that are recognized."

Mark Rydell, American Director

Recognition, End

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"I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago."

"I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago."

Walter Hill, American Director

Time, Talk, Years

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"My greatest thrill was the day Mad magazine spoofed 'Ghost.'"

"My greatest thrill was the day Mad magazine spoofed 'Ghost.'"

Jerry Zucker, American Director

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"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this."

"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Development, Production

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"At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow."

"At those times I got into... I suppose you call it a rut. I used to do comedy, comedy, comedy and I suddenly thought I ought to break away from this somehow."

Val Guest, British Director

Thought, Comedy

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"I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world in those days."

"I was getting frustrated with America. It's interesting how as simple a thing as, like, letting your hair grow longer changed in the world in those days."

Terry Gilliam, American Director

Nostalgia, America, Hair, World

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"Each feature I make is my focus at that time."

"Each feature I make is my focus at that time."

Richard King, American Director

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"All my movies are difficult to classify because they are very eclectic in mixing genres."

"All my movies are difficult to classify because they are very eclectic in mixing genres."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

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"Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space."

"Scripture suggests that the elements in space were created for the benefit of earth, while evolution suggests that earth is an insignificant speck in vast space."

Walter Lang, American Director

Earth, Evolution, Scripture, Space

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"I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't have been seen."

"I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't have been seen."

Richard Linklater, American Director

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"Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also."

"Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also."

Billy Wilder, American Director

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"Life is a horizontal fall."

"Life is a horizontal fall."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

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"When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it."

"When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

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"The only things you regret are the things you don't do."

"The only things you regret are the things you don't do."

Michael Curtiz, Hungarian Director

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"My plan was to stay in Canada to make films."

"My plan was to stay in Canada to make films."

Ted Kotcheff, Canadian Director

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"This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top."

"This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top."

David Lynch, American Director

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"It was very important that it be done in such a way that it be executed with complete conviction. If I had done it both ways, if I was trying to cover myself in case it didn't work, then it would have been to no purpose."

"It was very important that it be done in such a way that it be executed with complete conviction. If I had done it both ways, if I was trying to cover myself in case it didn't work, then it would have been to no purpose."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Work, Purpose, Conviction, Trying

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"I miss my mother very, very much."

"I miss my mother very, very much."

Paul Haggis, Canadian Director

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"So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens."

"So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens."

Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

Ambition, Brazil, Film, First, Help

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"From the beginning, we were prepared, we know how we would shoot and cut the two versions."

"From the beginning, we were prepared, we know how we would shoot and cut the two versions."

Bille August, Danish Director

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"A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to participate in the film, and none of the ethnic groups were willing to work together or be together."

"A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to participate in the film, and none of the ethnic groups were willing to work together or be together."

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian Director

Work, Women, Community, Cooperation

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"I will only speak off the record about Debra Winger."

"I will only speak off the record about Debra Winger."

Karel Reisz, Czechoslovakian Director

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"I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending."

"I think I would say 'The King's Speech' is surprisingly funny, in fact the audiences in London, Toronto, LA, New York commented there's more laughter in this film than in most comedies, while it is also a moving tear-jerker with an uplifting ending."

Tom Hooper, British Director

Fun, Funny, Audiences, Ending, Fact

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"Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country has the largest number of landmines in the world."

"Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country has the largest number of landmines in the world."

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian Director

People, Afghanistan, Country, Day

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"I didn't really want to be a comedian."

"I didn't really want to be a comedian."

Allan Carr, British Director

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"Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don't know, I've always been intrigued by those emotions."

"Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don't know, I've always been intrigued by those emotions."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

Emotional, Emotions, Jealousy, Sexuality

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"I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd sort of feel that you were in the 12th century. That would be great to get that feeling."

"I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd sort of feel that you were in the 12th century. That would be great to get that feeling."

Oliver Stone, American Director

Emotional, Feeling

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"I think the last one would have to be The Godfather because it was such a powerful story. There was lots of violence in it but I could take it because I thought there was a reality to it. It wasn't gratuitous, it was just these guys' story."

"I think the last one would have to be The Godfather because it was such a powerful story. There was lots of violence in it but I could take it because I thought there was a reality to it. It wasn't gratuitous, it was just these guys' story."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

Thought, Reality, Violence

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"In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul."

"In each of my characters there is a little of me. Not strictly autobiographical but a little piece of my soul."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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"Experience is what you get while looking for something else."

"Experience is what you get while looking for something else."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

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"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

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"I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets."

"I'm just trying to tell a good story and make thought-provoking, entertaining films. I just try and draw upon the great culture we have as a people, from music, novels, the streets."

Spike Lee, American Director

Music, Thought, People, Culture

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"I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture for 30 years because the Americans came in and bought up all the cinema chains and wouldn't show any Australian films."

"I kind of worry about that a little bit - we lost our film culture for 30 years because the Americans came in and bought up all the cinema chains and wouldn't show any Australian films."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Worry, Americans, Cinema, Culture, Film

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"I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with the rest of cinema."

"I see horror as part of legitimate film. I don't see it as an independent genre that has nothing to do with the rest of cinema."

Guillermo del Toro, Mexican Director

Cinema, Film, Horror, Nothing

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"Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine, and a relative element which might be, either by turns or all at once, period, fashion, moral, passion."

"Beauty is composed of an eternal, invariable element whose quantity is extremely difficult to determine, and a relative element which might be, either by turns or all at once, period, fashion, moral, passion."

Jean-Luc Godard, French Director

Beauty, Fashion, Passion, Quantity

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"I feel a little schizophrenic because my life is so totally different from here, obviously. And the French values are so different from American values."

"I feel a little schizophrenic because my life is so totally different from here, obviously. And the French values are so different from American values."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

Life, Values, American

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"National film industries tend to move in cycles. In Australia right now, we're on a high, a feeling of potential, which as yet shows no sign of flagging. But the word "industry" is misleading. A small national cinema has no industry in the Hollywood sense."

"National film industries tend to move in cycles. In Australia right now, we're on a high, a feeling of potential, which as yet shows no sign of flagging. But the word "industry" is misleading. A small national cinema has no industry in the Hollywood sense."

Peter Weir, Australian Director

Cinema, Feeling, Film, Hollywood

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"All of us have our individual curses, something that we are uncomfortable with and something that we have to deal with, like me making horror films, perhaps."

"All of us have our individual curses, something that we are uncomfortable with and something that we have to deal with, like me making horror films, perhaps."

Wes Craven, American Director

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"You rely too much on brain. The brain is the most overrated organ."

"You rely too much on brain. The brain is the most overrated organ."

Woody Allen, American Director

Mind, Observation, Behavior, Humor

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