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Quotes by Director
"I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it."
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"When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer. That's a little bit different than when you sit down and write something to satisfy yourself, because then you're the employer."
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"I thought Godzilla was a mess, the monster had no character and the humans didn't either. They forgot to make the movie that went along with all these wonderful effects."
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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."
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"This technology will obviously become more prevalent. Who knows what will result? One thing is certain, computer technology will revolutionize the way we tell stories as much as movie film has."
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"Some actors are supposed to be very difficult, but I've not found that to be the situation."
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"I just feel I'm on a different page from the reviewers, so I've learned not to care about them too much."
Care,
32
"In 'The King's Speech,' patriotism is utterly contained within a historical moment, the third of September, 1939, where the aggressor is clear, the fight is clear, it hasn't become complicated over time."
32
"I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because there is something amusing about them or about the way they behave, so I guess you can say that that's poking fun at the character. But the character is your own invention, so who cares?"
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"I was an outsider... but I was also sympathetic with people that were struggling to get up, because I struggled to get up."
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"We talked about Tootsie, the idea in Tootsie is that a man becomes a better man for having been a woman."
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"But with my last film, Spider it was agony. The money was always disappearing, nobody got paid, it was very difficult - and it's very distracting from the process of making the movie, of course. So I think things have been getting harder and harder."
32
"Good directing is about getting the performance to be just what's right for the movie."
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"A lot of time mistakes are very interesting - you look for the behaviour that's not the one you expect."
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"When when my first feature opportunity came along, I wasn't prepared, but we did it in about 17 days."
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"I would be terribly disappointed if anything would get in the way of my being cast in something, or if performances were canceled. It was a fix that I obviously needed."
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"If bitterness wants to get into the act, I offer it a cookie or a gumdrop."
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"But Gladiator is one of my favourite adventures because I really loved going into the world. I loved creating the world to the degree where you could almost smell it."
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"It was very unusual, because normally the producer requests the test to determine whether they want to hire someone or not. Olivia was concerned about playing a seventeen year old."
32
"The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place."
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"If you feel very deeply about something, it's not possible to sacrifice your integrity about that."
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"Whatever the public blames you for, cultivate it; it is yourself."
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"I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm."
32
"I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope."
32
"Every year or so, I try to do something; it keeps me refreshed as to what's going on in front of the lens, and I understand what the actor is going through."
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"Fortunately, somewhere between chance and mystery lies imagination, the only thing that protects our freedom, despite the fact that people keep trying to reduce it or kill it off altogether."
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"The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end."
32
"I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.'"
32
"A lot of performing instincts are involved in the business of direction, but so is analysis and having a sense of literature."
32
"Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that everyone's sexuality is unique."
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"Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to be in control enough to capture what's happening."
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"In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs."
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