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"I didn't go to classes there, but ended up at the Cinematheque, and there it opened up even wider because there I saw a variety of films from all over the world."

"I didn't go to classes there, but ended up at the Cinematheque, and there it opened up even wider because there I saw a variety of films from all over the world."

Jim Jarmusch, American Director

Cinematheque, Variety, World

15

"I'm not really interested in making money."

"I'm not really interested in making money."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

15

"He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work."

"He's too short, he's too... tall, he's... just not going to work."

Ed Wood, American Director

15

"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

15

"In art, the obvious is a sin."

"In art, the obvious is a sin."

Edward Dmytryk, American Director

Art, Obvious, Sin

15

"Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more."

"Everything is entertainment; criticism is now entertainment and it seems that the French directors have woken up one day and suddenly realised that they were not backed up any more."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Criticism, Day, Entertainment, Now

15

"Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films."

"Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films."

Brian De Palma, American Director

15

"Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me."

"Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me."

Federico Fellini, Italian Director

15

"I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much."

"I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

Character, Performance, Direction

15

"Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics."

"Louis Armstrong is quite simply the most important person in American music. He is to 20th century music (I did not say jazz) what Einstein is to physics."

Ken Burns, American Director

15

"I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along."

"I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Woman, Women, Gay

15

"Yeah, I think that's it... It's like Jesse James. He became really popular because he lasted so long. You know, there is some degree of truth to the fact that time will dignify anything, too."

"Yeah, I think that's it... It's like Jesse James. He became really popular because he lasted so long. You know, there is some degree of truth to the fact that time will dignify anything, too."

John Milius, American Director

Time, Truth, Fact, Popular

15

"In Halloween, I viewed the characters as simply normal teenagers. Laurie, Jamie Lee's character, was shy and somewhat repressed. And Michael Myers, the killer, is definitely repressed. They have certain similarities."

"In Halloween, I viewed the characters as simply normal teenagers. Laurie, Jamie Lee's character, was shy and somewhat repressed. And Michael Myers, the killer, is definitely repressed. They have certain similarities."

John Carpenter, American Director

Character, Teenagers

15

"Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs."

"Most of the animated films I watched, the emotions are all prepackaged like canned music, the hand actions, the sighs."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Music, Actions, Emotions

15

"I still get excited about meeting celebrities, because I don't think I'm a celebrity myself."

"I still get excited about meeting celebrities, because I don't think I'm a celebrity myself."

Allan Carr, British Director

Celebrity, Meeting

15

"We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff."

"We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Leadership, Business, Government, Time

15

"If audiences are sort of interested in movies that are made like McDonald's hamburgers, which do have a value in the world, then we have to re-evaluate our entire career."

"If audiences are sort of interested in movies that are made like McDonald's hamburgers, which do have a value in the world, then we have to re-evaluate our entire career."

Larry Wachowski, American Director

Movies, Audiences, Career, Value

15

"But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood."

"But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood."

Sydney Pollack, American Director

Diversity, Europe, Hollywood, States, United

15

"Suddenly, the screens were dominated by American entertainment to the extent of something like 95 percent. As a result, audiences turned away from the kinds of films that we used to make."

"Suddenly, the screens were dominated by American entertainment to the extent of something like 95 percent. As a result, audiences turned away from the kinds of films that we used to make."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

Media, American, Audiences, Entertainment, Result

15

"Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people."

"Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

Art, People, Film, Numbers

15

"Now, after the communist take-over in 1948, the amount of feature films produced dwindled to three a year, while the school was, you know, every year another three, four, five students."

"Now, after the communist take-over in 1948, the amount of feature films produced dwindled to three a year, while the school was, you know, every year another three, four, five students."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Now, School, Students

15

"You know, I think everything I do cinematically for the rest of my life will probably have some direct route back to Jonathan. But I love him to death. He's like my best friend and my big brother."

"You know, I think everything I do cinematically for the rest of my life will probably have some direct route back to Jonathan. But I love him to death. He's like my best friend and my big brother."

Ted Demme, American Director

Friendship, Life, Love, Death, Brother

15

"I'm a horrible public speaker."

"I'm a horrible public speaker."

Bill Condon, American Director

15

"It seems we will continue to have problems with this classification and it may be because it comes under the heading of creation rather than preservation."

"It seems we will continue to have problems with this classification and it may be because it comes under the heading of creation rather than preservation."

Walter Lang, American Director

Creation, May, Problems, Will

15

"We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like."

"We seem to have a compulsion these days to bury time capsules in order to give those people living in the next century or so some idea of what we are like."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

Time, People, Idea, Living

15

"My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience."

"My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience."

Patrice Leconte, French Director

15

"Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business."

"Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Business, Comedy

15

"Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for."

"Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

15

"You know, this whole thing about Ricky Martin, and how successful that young man is. He's 27, I was 29."

"You know, this whole thing about Ricky Martin, and how successful that young man is. He's 27, I was 29."

Robert Conrad, Polish Director

Success, Successful, Man, Martin

15

"That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them."

"That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't do, so you don't have to worry about them."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

15

"Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death."

"Everything one does in life, even love, occurs in an express train racing toward death. To smoke opium is to get out of the train while it is still moving. It is to concern oneself with something other than life or death."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Love, Death, Life, Concern

15

"There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them."

"There's almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them."

Peter Weir, Australian Director

Fear, Ideas, Choices, Meaning

15

"I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time."

"I mix Indian instruments with Western instruments all the time."

Satyajit Ray, Indian Director

15

"Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture."

"Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. It's about the big picture."

Ed Wood, American Director

15

"I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality."

"I chose to treat the homosexuality like I would treat any other form of sexuality."

Barbet Schroeder, French Director

Politics, Homosexuality

15

"You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler."

"You know what happened, you know, in 1938: France, England, you know, just sold out Czechoslovakia to Hitler."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Politics, Englfrance

15

"And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this person says or how this person think(s), you know."

"And everything is controlled and everybody is a member of some committee, because then their watchdogs placed in the committees can control everything, what this person says or how this person think(s), you know."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Control, Committee

15

"Justin Salinger showed up one day with a pink cowboy hat on and everyone else got really annoyed because somehow he'd managed to get the pink cowboy hat."

"Justin Salinger showed up one day with a pink cowboy hat on and everyone else got really annoyed because somehow he'd managed to get the pink cowboy hat."

Alex Cox, British Director

Profession, Day

15

"You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know."

"You have many years ahead of you to create the dreams that we can't even imagine dreaming. You have done more for the collective unconscious of this planet than you will ever know."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

Dream, Dreams, Unconscious, Will, Years

15

"Truth is more peculiar than fiction. Life is really a startling place."

"Truth is more peculiar than fiction. Life is really a startling place."

Mira Nair, Indian Director

Life, Truth, Fiction

15

"I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up."

"I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up."

Elia Kazan, American Director

15

"When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries."

"When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

Film, Propaganda, Want

15

"There's a science fiction project we really want to make, but it's very expensive. Hopefully it will happen."

"There's a science fiction project we really want to make, but it's very expensive. Hopefully it will happen."

Larry Wachowski, American Director

Science, Fiction, Project, Want

15

"There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control."

"There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control."

Edward Zwick, American Director

Family, People, Control, Circumstances

15

"I tried to stick to my game plan, which was always being aware of what my A story was - the love story between a father and his son, and that son and his daughter."

"I tried to stick to my game plan, which was always being aware of what my A story was - the love story between a father and his son, and that son and his daughter."

Ted Demme, American Director

Love, Father, Son, Daughter

15

"Thank God I'm an atheist."

"Thank God I'm an atheist."

Luis Bunuel, Mexican Director

15

"The films that I do tend to polarise people's views."

"The films that I do tend to polarise people's views."

Alan Parker, British Director

15

"Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you."

"Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you."

Raoul Walsh, American Director

15

"I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people are aware of a concept that's easy to understand, and there's an actor who will attract them to the theater and it's a movie that's funny three-quarters of the time, it will be successful."

"I don't think there has been any increase in sophistication in the audience. When people are aware of a concept that's easy to understand, and there's an actor who will attract them to the theater and it's a movie that's funny three-quarters of the time, it will be successful."

David Zucker, American Director

Fun, Funny, Time, People, Successful

15

"Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live."

"Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

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