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Quotes by Director

"I couldn't open up a magazine, you couldn't read a newspaper, you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity epidemic in America."
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Morgan Spurlock
"I couldn't open up a magazine, you couldn't read a newspaper, you couldn't turn on the TV without hearing about the obesity epidemic in America."
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"I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter, better, sexier, more violent, whatever."
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Ken Burns
"I enjoy total creative control right now. Nobody tells me to make it longer, shorter, better, sexier, more violent, whatever."
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"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."
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David Zucker
"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."
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"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."
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Terence Fisher
"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."
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"I think it would be impossible if you had a name like mine not to get a little flack for it."
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Michael Winterbottom
"I think it would be impossible if you had a name like mine not to get a little flack for it."
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"They think something's gone wrong, but in Don't Look Now, for instance, one scene was made by a mistake. It's the scene where Donald Sutherland goes to look for the policeman who's investigating the two women."
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Nicolas Roeg
"They think something's gone wrong, but in Don't Look Now, for instance, one scene was made by a mistake. It's the scene where Donald Sutherland goes to look for the policeman who's investigating the two women."
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"I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years."
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Bryan Singer
"I started making 8mm films when I was 13, so I've been directing for 21 years."
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"The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra."
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Roland Joffe
"The actor is concerned with his own bit of it, but the director's somehow trying to work the whole thing into a much bigger picture. It's like conducting an orchestra."
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"I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally."
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Wes Craven
"I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally."
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"Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age."
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Joel Coen
"Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age."
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"I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control."
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Claude Chabrol
"I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control."
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"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."
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Chuck Jones
"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."
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"I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are."
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Godfrey Reggio
"I think it's the tragedy of our time that we're not aware of the affect of the manner in which we've adopted tools. Those tools have become who we are."
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"We are creating a fabulous franchise with an incredible female action hero."
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Jan de Bont
"We are creating a fabulous franchise with an incredible female action hero."
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"This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time."
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Taylor Hackford
"This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time."
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"I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting."
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Julie Taymor
"I really do believe that if you don't challenge yourself and risk failing, that it's not interesting."
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"If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director."
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Patrice Leconte
"If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director."
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"People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life."
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Neil LaBute
"People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life."
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"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."
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John Schlesinger
"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."
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"I did honest television. Real, live, honest television. That's what I did best."
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Greg Garrison
"I did honest television. Real, live, honest television. That's what I did best."
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"This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting."
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Jan de Bont
"This film, Tomb Raider 2, is a big challenge. It's quite exhausting."
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"I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it."
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Jim Jarmusch
"I think it comes from really liking literary forms. Poetry is very beautiful, but the space on the page can be as affecting as where the text is. Like when Miles Davis doesn't play, it has a poignancy to it."
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"But I still always felt the absence of a mother."
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Marcel Carne
"But I still always felt the absence of a mother."
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"I hate Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare's rubbish."
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Allan Carr
"I hate Shakespeare. I think Shakespeare's rubbish."
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"Other than the fact that I like a country house, I can't think of anything I'd want to spend my money on."
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Guy Ritchie
"Other than the fact that I like a country house, I can't think of anything I'd want to spend my money on."
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"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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Allan Carr
"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'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works."
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Ralph Bakshi
"I'm having the same problems today that I had when I first started, saying that outrageous adult animation works."
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"I know pretty well in the broad sense what I'm going to do, because I have to know that when we shoot the live-action, so that it'll synchronize. Then I know pretty well when I get to the animation stage, what that scene requires."
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Ray Harryhausen
"I know pretty well in the broad sense what I'm going to do, because I have to know that when we shoot the live-action, so that it'll synchronize. Then I know pretty well when I get to the animation stage, what that scene requires."
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"I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue."
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Quentin Tarantino
"I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue."
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"I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor."
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Sydney Pollack
"I didn't believe that I'd ever be lucky enough to be able to make a living as an actor."
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"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!"
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Roland Joffe
"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!"
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"And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography."
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Nicolas Roeg
"And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography."
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"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."
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Andrzej Wajda
"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."
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"Only the Russian Cultural Officer was interested in my project."
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Wolfgang Staudte
"Only the Russian Cultural Officer was interested in my project."
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"In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent."
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Roman Polanski
"In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent."
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"When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again."
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Taylor Hackford
"When I finish a film, I put it away and I never look at it again."
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"Some actors just won't bend, and then it's a bitch. You either fight or find ways of putting your words in their mouth and letting them say it back at you."
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Richard Donner
"Some actors just won't bend, and then it's a bitch. You either fight or find ways of putting your words in their mouth and letting them say it back at you."
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"Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away."
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Derek Jarman
"Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away."
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"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!"
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George Sidney
"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!"
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"We're always looking at this love through the eyes of the person who is suffering because of this love."
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Krzysztof Kieslowski
"We're always looking at this love through the eyes of the person who is suffering because of this love."
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"My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images."
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James Broughton
"My films are an extension of my poetry, using the white screen like the white page to be filled with images."
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"It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous."
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Julie Taymor
"It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous."
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"I work with a lot of movie stars."
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Norman Jewison
"I work with a lot of movie stars."
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"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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Mike Figgis
"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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"In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire."
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Bruce Beresford
"In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire."
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"History has been the history of warfare."
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Godfrey Reggio
"History has been the history of warfare."
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"Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel."
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Antoine Fuqua
"Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel."
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"I don't think about Hollywood at all."
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Alex Cox
"I don't think about Hollywood at all."
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"Fight the power that be. Fight the power."
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Spike Lee
"Fight the power that be. Fight the power."
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"Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors."
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Dario Argento
"Young girls of 13 or 12 are great actors."
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