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Quotes by Director

"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."

"Do I believe in the supernatural? Oh yes, certainly. I can't believe, I can't accept that you die and that's the end. Physically maybe it is a fact. But there's something about the mind that's more than that."

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

"Disney was not a good animator, he didn't draw well at all, but he was always a great idea man, and a good writer."

"We are creating a fabulous franchise with an incredible female action hero."

"I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting."

"If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director."

"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."

"I did honest television. Real, live, honest television. That's what I did best."

"This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting."

"I hate Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare's rubbish."

"I think over there in Montreal they're a bit hardcore with the old homos. They're not that keen on them."
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"I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue."

"I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor."

"I cannot forget a conversation that I had with an elderly couple from the tribe. They asked me whether I would kill them after I had finished. When I asked them why they asked that, they replied, Because you white men always do!"

"And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography."

"A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state budget committed less and less money to filmmaking."

"Only the Russian Cultural Officer was interested in my project."

"I've had 79 to 80 years of show business. I started when I was 5 with a man called Tom Mix. I didn't have time to go to school because I was in silent movies, I was in radio, I was in burlesque, I worked with the circus. I'm all show business!"

"My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images."

"It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous."

"I am intrigued enough to want to continue, and also to try and work with companies like Sony on modifying the cameras and making them more user-friendly and efficient."
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