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"If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race."

"If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Government, Force, Media, Race

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"The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas: this is white, that's black; this is good, that's bad."

"The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas: this is white, that's black; this is good, that's bad."

Krzysztof Kieslowski, Polish Director

Television, World

44

"People in misery is what most important in art."

"People in misery is what most important in art."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

Art, People, Misery

44

"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

44

"I'm a horrible public speaker."

"I'm a horrible public speaker."

Bill Condon, American Director

44

"I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with."

"I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep challenging yourself and keep doing new stuff. If you end up trying to repeat yourself it's death. It just becomes boring and takes the passion out of it. You gotta find stories and characters that you really want to hang out with."

Darren Aronofsky, American Director

Death, End, Passion, Trying

44

"We really want to see how the idea of an intellectual action movie is received by the world."

"We really want to see how the idea of an intellectual action movie is received by the world."

Larry Wachowski, American Director

Creativity, Idea, Action, Want, World

44

"You have to really work with someone who you think is going to be a collaborator, who you think understands what you want to do with this movie and how you want to do it."

"You have to really work with someone who you think is going to be a collaborator, who you think understands what you want to do with this movie and how you want to do it."

John Frankenheimer, American Director

44

"Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers."

"Frankly, despite my horror of the press, I'd love to rise from the grave every ten years or so and go buy a few newspapers."

Luis Bunuel, Mexican Director

Love, Grave, Horror, Newspapers

44

"The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a big problem."

"The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a big problem."

Alex Cox, British Director

Imagination, Corporations, Poverty

44

"I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses."

"I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

44

"Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it."

"Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it."

Elia Kazan, American Director

Fact, Facts, Mystery, Secrecy, Suspicion

44

"The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren't cliche."

"The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren't cliche."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

Challenge, Film, Moments

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"I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself."

"I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover for myself."

Frederick Wiseman, American Director

44

"Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her."

"Angelina wanted to make sure that any fighting in the movie would be comparable to any male actor. Everything from stick fighting to horse riding was real to her."

Jan de Bont, Dutch Director

Actor, Fighting

44

"Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I highly recommend to anybody at any age."

"Mark Twain's Roughing It is a book that many people don't know about, but I highly recommend to anybody at any age."

Chuck Jones, American Director

44

"Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation."

"Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation."

Barry Levinson, American Director

44

"It's finding those nonsensical pieces of conversation that we all do all the time. We do all the time. When we're talking on the telephone, there are arguments with people who agree when they both think that they disagree."

"It's finding those nonsensical pieces of conversation that we all do all the time. We do all the time. When we're talking on the telephone, there are arguments with people who agree when they both think that they disagree."

Barry Levinson, American Director

Time, People, Arguments, Conversation

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"Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and vice versa."

"Also, there are now new laws in Brazil which create incentives for Argentine and Latin American films to be premiered and distributed in Brazil and vice versa."

Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

Collaboration, American, Brazil, Laws, Now

44

"I find that screen kissing wears very thin very quickly."

"I find that screen kissing wears very thin very quickly."

John Hughes, American Director

Graphic Content, Kissing

44

"Fox came to us with the concept for ICE AGE and they came to us with the first draft of the script. They also gave us a mandate to make it into a comedy from what was previously a rather dramatic action concept."

"Fox came to us with the concept for ICE AGE and they came to us with the first draft of the script. They also gave us a mandate to make it into a comedy from what was previously a rather dramatic action concept."

Chris Wedge, American Director

Age, Action, Comedy, Draft

44

"Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!"

"Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!"

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Movies, Animation, Disney

44

"My movies continue to be found and be sold because there's something going on in them."

"My movies continue to be found and be sold because there's something going on in them."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

44

"I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model that is outdated and, worse than that, inefficient."

"I'm sure some people will say, 'Why do this?' And my response is, 'Why wouldn't you?' The film business in general is using a model that is outdated and, worse than that, inefficient."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Business, People, Film, Will

44

"The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story."

"The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story."

Joel Coen, American Director

44

"There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?"

"There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?"

Ethan Coen, American Director

Music, Right, Song, Wrong

44

"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

44

"Sometimes, if you really want to try something original, you step a little too far out of bounds. I mean, there's a market force that kind of unconsciously keeps you in line a little bit."

"Sometimes, if you really want to try something original, you step a little too far out of bounds. I mean, there's a market force that kind of unconsciously keeps you in line a little bit."

David Zucker, American Director

44

"But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented."

"But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

Society, Affirmation, Sense, Treatment

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"I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk."

"I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk."

John Huston, American Director

44

"You've got to keep fighting - you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive."

"You've got to keep fighting - you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive."

Elia Kazan, American Director

Life, Fighting, Months, Risk

44

"An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it."

"An Oscar means a lot of things because it's like the ultimate award for a filmmaker so it feels great. But I think you have to consider awards with some distance and not get obsessed with it. When you're creating you shouldn't think about it."

Alejandro Amenabar, Spanish Director

44

"That's my curse, I see the politics within these things and so I don't say yes to them."

"That's my curse, I see the politics within these things and so I don't say yes to them."

Alex Cox, British Director

44

"There are some movies I can watch over and over, never get sick of. I'll put one of those on and be puttering around the house. Then a certain scene will come on and I'll just have to go over and watch."

"There are some movies I can watch over and over, never get sick of. I'll put one of those on and be puttering around the house. Then a certain scene will come on and I'll just have to go over and watch."

David Fincher, American Director

44

"You go overseas and people are oppressed and scared and worried but we're not like that... we're more like my films and how people come out at the end of seeing them - they feel good."

"You go overseas and people are oppressed and scared and worried but we're not like that... we're more like my films and how people come out at the end of seeing them - they feel good."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

44

"Time has changed and now is the age of spending."

"Time has changed and now is the age of spending."

Zhang Yimou, Chinese Director

44

"One person's crazyness is another person's reality."

"One person's crazyness is another person's reality."

Tim Burton, American Director

44

"I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition of landscapes, live photography, the right music and interviews with people, and it becomes a style."

"I treat the photograph as a work of great complexity in which you can find drama. Add to that a careful composition of landscapes, live photography, the right music and interviews with people, and it becomes a style."

Ken Burns, American Director

Music, Work, People, Complexity

44

"But when you're writing a script - for me anyway - you have to sort of create an enforced innocence. You have to divest yourself of worrying about a lot of stuff like what movies are hot, what movies are not hot, what the budget of this movie might be."

"But when you're writing a script - for me anyway - you have to sort of create an enforced innocence. You have to divest yourself of worrying about a lot of stuff like what movies are hot, what movies are not hot, what the budget of this movie might be."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Movies, Innocence, Writing

44

"Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting."

"Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Acting, Actors, Careers, Risk

44

"By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and that's led them into creating illusions, sound bites, focus groups that tell you what to do."

"By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and that's led them into creating illusions, sound bites, focus groups that tell you what to do."

Sydney Pollack, American Director

Politics, Focus, Heroes, Sound

44

"The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them."

"The SAS is the most elite of the special forces in the world. They are not people who go out and advertise; they keep it inside. They don't want anybody to know about them."

Taylor Hackford, American Director

People, Want, World

44

"What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion."

"What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and emotion."

Ralph Bakshi, American Director

Creativity, Ideas, Animation, Being, Emotion

44

"The ideas dictate everything, you have to be true to that or you're dead."

"The ideas dictate everything, you have to be true to that or you're dead."

David Lynch, American Director

Creativity, Ideas

44

"The secret to film is that it's an illusion."

"The secret to film is that it's an illusion."

George Lucas, American Director

44

"I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me."

"I mean, the old film critics just excoriated me."

John Milius, American Director

44

"That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children."

"That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children."

Rebecca Miller, American Director

Woman, Women, Children

44

"I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood."

"I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood."

Elia Kazan, American Director

Power, Film, Hollywood, Thinking

44

"No, we didn't shoot... in the ones that I did there were hardly any sex... there were suggestions of sex scenes but we never actually shot a sex scene as such."

"No, we didn't shoot... in the ones that I did there were hardly any sex... there were suggestions of sex scenes but we never actually shot a sex scene as such."

Val Guest, British Director

44

"I want to warn against the Fifth Column which is trying to hinder our free way of life in Holland."

"I want to warn against the Fifth Column which is trying to hinder our free way of life in Holland."

Theo Van Gogh, Dutch Director

Life, Trying, Want

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