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"Americans like the British kind of quirkiness and the strange accent. They find it kind of cute or something, with a certain charm."

"Americans like the British kind of quirkiness and the strange accent. They find it kind of cute or something, with a certain charm."

Nick Park, British Director

Cultural, Americans, Charm, Cute

9

"But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there."

"But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

9

"The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audience for it. It's not a horror film, it's not a fantasy film, it's not a children's film - so what is it?"

"The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audience for it. It's not a horror film, it's not a fantasy film, it's not a children's film - so what is it?"

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

Family, Children, Company, Fantasy, Film

9

"If people take the film and screen it whenever possible for their social and professional networks, we can continue to make a difference. It is one more element we have to use in the ongoing effort to take back our country."

"If people take the film and screen it whenever possible for their social and professional networks, we can continue to make a difference. It is one more element we have to use in the ongoing effort to take back our country."

Robert Greenwald, American Director

People, Country, Difference, Effort

9

"You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession."

"You walk through a series of arches, so to speak, and then, presently, at the end of a corridor, a door opens and you see backward through time, and you feel the flow of time, and realize you are only part of a great nameless procession."

John Huston, American Director

9

"I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing really."

"I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing really."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

Productivity, Day, Film, Months

9

"Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way."

"Dogs got personality. Personality goes a long way."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

Dogs, Personality

9

"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

9

"When I'm watching somebody act, it's a behavior editorial function - I look at someone act, and I might say, 'I don't believe him when he says that.' I don't know why I don't believe him, probably because the people that I've met, they don't act like that when they say stuff like that and mean it."

"When I'm watching somebody act, it's a behavior editorial function - I look at someone act, and I might say, 'I don't believe him when he says that.' I don't know why I don't believe him, probably because the people that I've met, they don't act like that when they say stuff like that and mean it."

David Fincher, American Director

People, Act, Behavior

9

"I failed to make the chess team because of my height."

"I failed to make the chess team because of my height."

Woody Allen, American Director

9

"Violence is not funny."

"Violence is not funny."

William Friedkin, American Director

Fun, Funny, Violence

9

"One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular."

"One of the best animated films I've seen come out of Disney was the Tarzan movie. I wasn't crazy about the story or the design on Tarzan's face, but the traditional animation was spectacular."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Design, Animation, Disney

9

"You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me."

"You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me."

Nicolas Roeg, English Director

Creativity, Idea

9

"Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor."

"Some say Hollywood movies that are made about boxing are just metaphors for other things, I think I've made one that's actually about boxing and not a metaphor."

Walter Hill, American Director

Movies, Boxing, Hollywood, Metaphor

9

"We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour and character ideas, which got me back into it."

"We had to do the same thing here. To top that sequel was quite a task. Mike had a couple of good conceptual humour and character ideas, which got me back into it."

Jay Roach, American Director

Creativity, Ideas, Character

9

"The father's greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being."

"The father's greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not really able to deal with his own complexity as a human being."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Family, Father, Being, Complexity, Folly

9

"If you make a film normally it's all right, the distributors are helpful and cooperative. But if you make a film that's a little stange, a little bizarre, then all the time it's a struggle with them."

"If you make a film normally it's all right, the distributors are helpful and cooperative. But if you make a film that's a little stange, a little bizarre, then all the time it's a struggle with them."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

Time, Bizarre, Film, Right

9

"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

9

"If the material is challenging, it forces you to challenge yourself when handling it."

"If the material is challenging, it forces you to challenge yourself when handling it."

Joel Coen, American Director

9

"A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values."

"A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values."

Steven Spielberg, American Director

Values, Old, Years

9

"Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms."

"Too many of Disney animators, and a lot try to emulate Disney, are trying to hit what they call quality levels. They're boring mannerisms."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Quality, Disney, Trying

9

"No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen."

"No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen."

John Schlesinger, British Director

Media, Artists, United

9

"I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film."

"I was influenced by European movies, old Fellini, old Kurosawa - any sort of foreign film."

Ted Demme, American Director

Movies, Film, Old

9

"My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life."

"My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life."

Douglas Sirk, German Director

Life, Time, People, Idea

9

"For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English."

"For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Movies, English, Years

9

"I love short trips to New York; to me it is the finest three-day town on earth."

"I love short trips to New York; to me it is the finest three-day town on earth."

James Cameron, American Director

9

"I loved the idea of Travolta sitting on the kid's swing, pining away for his girlfriend."

"I loved the idea of Travolta sitting on the kid's swing, pining away for his girlfriend."

Randal Kleiser, American Director

Creativity, Idea, Girlfriend

9

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

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

Jean Cocteau, French Director

9

"Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work."

"Someone once told me that every minute a murder occurs, so I don't want to waste your time, I know you want to go back to work."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

Work, Time, Murder, Want

9

"There's nothing gratuitous about my films."

"There's nothing gratuitous about my films."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

9

"The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life."

"The thing that's great about those guys at Miramax is the Weinstein brothers. They are the two funniest guys I've ever met in my life."

Ted Demme, American Director

9

"A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together."

"A lion's work hours are only when he's hungry; once he's satisfied, the predator and prey live peacefully together."

Chuck Jones, American Director

9

"It's very hard to find critics or a magazine today that will publish material that is genuinely independent and written without any concern about being cut off some distributor's list or not be invited or flown into screenings."

"It's very hard to find critics or a magazine today that will publish material that is genuinely independent and written without any concern about being cut off some distributor's list or not be invited or flown into screenings."

Wim Wenders, German Director

Being, Concern, Today, Will

9

"I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind a big fence."

"I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind a big fence."

Phillip Noyce, Australian Director

9

"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

9

"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

9

"Celluloid will be the next decade's black and white."

"Celluloid will be the next decade's black and white."

Danny Boyle, English Director

9

"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

9

"It's sad - it's sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially better than they are today. But it's hard to argue with those kinds of grosses."

"It's sad - it's sad for us old enough to remember when directors ruled, and films were substantially better than they are today. But it's hard to argue with those kinds of grosses."

Mark Rydell, American Director

9

"If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies."

"If there's specific resistance to women making movies, I just choose to ignore that as an obstacle for two reasons: I can't change my gender, and I refuse to stop making movies."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

Change, Movies, Women, Gender

9

"In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form."

"In a way, the history of jazz's development is a small mirror of classical music's development through the centuries. Now jazz is a living form of original music, while classical music has gotten to the end of its cycle in terms of exploring its form."

Mike Figgis, English Director

History, Music, Development, End

9

"I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if something really good comes along, I usually find a way to do a good job on it in the time that I've got."

"I take more jobs when I need more money, if I'm investing in films. I take fewer when I don't. Or if something really good comes along, I usually find a way to do a good job on it in the time that I've got."

John Sayles, American Director

Time, Money, Job, Jobs

9

"Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters."

"Because I just loved to spend two years of my life in the company of Andy Kaufman and other characters."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Life, Company, Years

9

"No matter where you're going it's the wrong place."

"No matter where you're going it's the wrong place."

Tobe Hooper, American Director

9

"With this silent film, I wanted to hide what was going on in the clinic. I wanted to cover it up in the best cinematic way and in an entertaining manner."

"With this silent film, I wanted to hide what was going on in the clinic. I wanted to cover it up in the best cinematic way and in an entertaining manner."

Pedro Almodovar, Spanish Director

9

"It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set."

"It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set."

Lasse Hallstrom, Swedish Director

Time, News, Open, Surprises

9

"I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods."

"I was born in 1940 in Minnesota and grew up in the country... dirt roads, swamps, lakes, woods."

Terry Gilliam, American Director

Nation, Country

9

"So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good."

"So, thanks God, our films, our first films were suddenly being appreciated by the Western media; especially France was very good, and Switzerland was very good."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

God, Being, First, France

9

"Your best protection is to have an established agent make the contact."

"Your best protection is to have an established agent make the contact."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

Media, Protection

9

"A film is a petrified fountain of thought."

"A film is a petrified fountain of thought."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

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