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Quotes by Director
"Minority views expressed in films simply don't sell tickets."
141
"A government institution called the Finnish Film Foundation funds filmmaking there, and I wrote several screenplays but never got any money. They were sent back to me, and they said that they were too commercial for them."
140
"I did some film reviews for small papers in Finland and things like that to be able to keep living here."
138
"You just never give up, no matter how hard the challenges are, and observe this world with a healthy dose of criticism and don't just follow the herd like somebody else might do."
138
"When we began filming, these people had legs, but as we were filming, they had been injured and they were brought to the hospital to have their legs amputated, and that's where we found them and asked them to come and be part of the film."
138
"The French have got to understand that a film is so expensive that it can no longer afford to be regional or even national in scope."
Film,
136
"You can pretend to be serious; but you can't pretend to be witty."
134
"And also they were absolutely brilliant in one way, you know: they knew how effective is not to punish somebody who is guilty; what Communist Party members could afford to do was mind-boggling: they could do practically anything they wanted - steal, you know, lie, whatever."
133
"I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle."
124
"It's not that we use technology, we live technology."
119
"Violence is one of the most fun things to watch."
117
"Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement."
Film,
107
"Sex without love is a meaningless experience, but as far as meaningless experiences go its pretty damn good."
98
"I do what I do because of Walt Disney - his films and his theme park and his characters and his joy in entertaining."
95
"The novel is a penetrating study of morals and ethics."
93
"It was actually Peter's idea that I should make the film. He called me in the very beginning, and I hadn't even read the book. So I read it and I liked it very much and I knew I'd certainly like to do it."
92
"My parents said, Oh, he's going to be a director someday. I wanted to be an actor."
84
"I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself."
84
"We cheer everyone who goes off to Hollywood and tells American stories but telling Australian stories is the greatest thing you can do."
79
"For me, the first fact of human existence is the human body. But if you embrace the reality of the human body, you embrace mortality, and that is a very difficult thing for anything to do because the self-conscious mind cannot imagine non-existence. It's impossible to do."
79
"I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens."
79
"If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on."
77
"Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you're a director. Everything after that you're just negotiating your budget and your fee."
77
"Now both my films have been number one at the Australian box office and it took about two years just to get the finance for this film, so if it's hard for me then God help everyone else."
77
"We'd be working in our motel room through the night, and I'd come up with an idea at two in the morning, and he'd start jumping up and down, pacing across the room, or whatever."
76
"Tact in audacity is knowing how far you can go without going too far."
75
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