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"We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting."

"We're producing a movie now, 'The Onion' Movie, and it's very difficult for me to be on the set. If I'm not right in the trenches, it's very difficult for me to watch another director, because I'm not involved and it's not exciting."

David Zucker, American Director

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"In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man."

"In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

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"We love the Stooges, and young kids today don't watch them. They think it's their dad's comedy. So we thought we could reintroduce them to a new audience."

"We love the Stooges, and young kids today don't watch them. They think it's their dad's comedy. So we thought we could reintroduce them to a new audience."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

Love, Thought, Dad, Comedy

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"Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself."

"Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Honesty, Being, Obligation, Sexuality

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"I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing."

"I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Thought, Nostalgia

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"I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years."

"I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years."

Bryan Singer, American Director

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"You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead."

"You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead."

George Lucas, American Director

Persistence, Right

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"It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back."

"It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Faith, Money, People, Want

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"The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor."

"The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor."

Bobby Farrelly, American Director

Actor, Indecision, Will

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"I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally."

"I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally."

Wes Craven, American Director

People, Being, Fans, Nothing

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"Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age."

"Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age."

Joel Coen, American Director

Age, Education, Mother, Father

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"A pitfall of making a comedy with a studio-and it's also an American cultural thing-is that I get tired of being encouraged to go always for laughs."

"A pitfall of making a comedy with a studio-and it's also an American cultural thing-is that I get tired of being encouraged to go always for laughs."

Alexander Payne, American Director

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"I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking."

"I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

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"Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are so many pseudo-intellectuals."

"Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are so many pseudo-intellectuals."

Douglas Sirk, German Director

Intellectual, America, Americans, Intellectuals

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"I'm satisfied it's very black, meaning 'in the black'."

"I'm satisfied it's very black, meaning 'in the black'."

Robert Conrad, Polish Director

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"I wanted to make sure that the environment of the shooting itself was not that controlled, and the way to go about that course was to work with as small a crew as possible."

"I wanted to make sure that the environment of the shooting itself was not that controlled, and the way to go about that course was to work with as small a crew as possible."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Work, Environment

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"So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting better since."

"So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting better since."

Alex Cox, British Director

Experience, Beginning

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"I'm a fan of music from all over the world."

"I'm a fan of music from all over the world."

Michael Winterbottom, British Director

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"Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain."

"Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain."

Roland Joffe, English Director

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"Do what you haven't done is the key, I think."

"Do what you haven't done is the key, I think."

Ridley Scott, British Director

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"It's a mistake to confuse pity with love."

"It's a mistake to confuse pity with love."

Stanley Kubrick, American Director

Love, Mistake, Pity

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"Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos."

"Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

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"I guess everything having to do with your background has some influence on how you tell stories but it's hard to parse how growing up in a Jewish community in Minnesota really affected it."

"I guess everything having to do with your background has some influence on how you tell stories but it's hard to parse how growing up in a Jewish community in Minnesota really affected it."

Joel Coen, American Director

Community, Growingup, Influence

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"One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well."

"One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

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"This indication of audience interest is good for all horror movie makers at any budget level."

"This indication of audience interest is good for all horror movie makers at any budget level."

Richard King, American Director

Horror, Interest

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"When it comes to two of the big social earthquakes in the last fifty years - which are the gay movement and the women's movement - I think there is a direct line from Kinsey to those."

"When it comes to two of the big social earthquakes in the last fifty years - which are the gay movement and the women's movement - I think there is a direct line from Kinsey to those."

Bill Condon, American Director

Woman, Women, Gay, Years

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"Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition."

"Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

God, Family, People, Man

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"I really believe that you could do horror very inexpensively. I don't think it has anything to do with the effects, the effects are not the most important parts."

"I really believe that you could do horror very inexpensively. I don't think it has anything to do with the effects, the effects are not the most important parts."

George A. Romero, American Director

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"My life and career is my own adventure."

"My life and career is my own adventure."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Life, Adventure, Career

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"It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive."

"It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

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"I do think that we are facing a crisis in our democracy. As true patriots, each and every one of us has to speak up, speak out, and change those in charge. Our democracy depends upon it."

"I do think that we are facing a crisis in our democracy. As true patriots, each and every one of us has to speak up, speak out, and change those in charge. Our democracy depends upon it."

Robert Greenwald, American Director

Change, Crisis, Democracy

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"We didn't realize it at the time, but the release date, the ad campaign and the poster are so important."

"We didn't realize it at the time, but the release date, the ad campaign and the poster are so important."

David Zucker, American Director

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"I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it."

"I had given up the theater and everything propelled me into entertainment. And I didn't resist it."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

Career, Entertainment, Theater

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"I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?"

"I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?"

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

Chaos, Confusion, Meaning, Silence

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"I really, really love directing films."

"I really, really love directing films."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

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"Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay."

"Yes, but I think if you look at it with a sort of gay sensibility and want everything to be positive about gay life, it could be interpreted as antigay."

John Schlesinger, British Director

Life, Positive, Gay, Sensibility

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"I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music."

"I've spent my life hearing people trying to apologize for music."

Mike Figgis, English Director

Life, Music, People, Hearing

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"I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy."

"I'd love to sell out completely. It's just that nobody has been willing to buy."

John Waters, American Director

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"I've always been able to survive by writing, though."

"I've always been able to survive by writing, though."

John Milius, American Director

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"A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people."

"A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people."

Elia Kazan, American Director

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"Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marquis? Is there something to be said for pornography? And is there something to be said against both? I hope our film is balanced and rich enough to encourage debate and discussion."

"Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marquis? Is there something to be said for pornography? And is there something to be said against both? I hope our film is balanced and rich enough to encourage debate and discussion."

Philip Kaufman, American Director

Hope, Debate, Film, Pornography

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"Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego."

"Because when you have millions of people with this kind of need for gratification, and the culture is saying that it's possible for everyone to satisfy all of their needs and desires all of the time, there are obviously going to be clashes - clashes of ego."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

Time, People, Culture, Ego

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"What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me."

"What scares me is what scares you. We're all afraid of the same things. That's why horror is such a powerful genre. All you have to do is ask yourself what frightens you and you'll know what frightens me."

John Carpenter, American Director

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"Peter Hall was just organizing the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was going to be an ensemble, it was going to be in repertory, it was going to have a home in London as well as in the Midlands, and all of those things were happening at that time."

"Peter Hall was just organizing the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was going to be an ensemble, it was going to be in repertory, it was going to have a home in London as well as in the Midlands, and all of those things were happening at that time."

Trevor Nunn, English Director

Home, Time, Company, London

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"Usually with this genre the first thing that happens is a good fight sequence to show that you're in good hands. So we broke that rule. I think a lot of that comes from the western audience."

"Usually with this genre the first thing that happens is a good fight sequence to show that you're in good hands. So we broke that rule. I think a lot of that comes from the western audience."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

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"I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul."

"I like films to have something inside, I don't mean a message, I mean something from the soul."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's."

"Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's."

Billy Wilder, American Director

Trust, Instinct, Mistakes

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"I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself."

"I like to write in a shroud of secrecy because I have to keep finding ways to scare myself."

M. Night Shyamalan, American Director

Creativity, Secrecy

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"I have bad reflexes. I was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys."

"I have bad reflexes. I was once run over by a car being pushed by two guys."

Woody Allen, American Director

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"Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there'd be battles of egos."

"Many times I felt like I'd do better than what the director did, but some of them got a little discouraged because they didn't have full charge of making the film, and sometimes there'd be battles of egos."

Ray Harryhausen, American Director

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