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Quotes by Director
"Nothing matters but the facts. Without them, the science of criminal investigation is nothing more than a guessing game."
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"It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good."
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"In terms of the feeling of the piece, I cant think about what people are gonna think about it, what are the critics gonna say, I'm trying to bring some resolution, and realize that myself. It's a struggle; it's a process that gets us this."
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"Now, I'll tell you something that might interest you. Casino Royale was the first Bond book that Ian Fleming ever wrote. And he couldn't get anybody to touch it, to publish it - he couldn't do anything about it at all. Nobody wanted to know."
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"All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives."
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"I was inspired to do anything I could to get out of what I was doing... today, I'm motivated to pay the bills."
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"Same thing with film, by the time you've finished shooting and you've really been into everything, you've touched up everything in the editing room. You've gone in there and taken little bits from everything."
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"Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie."
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"I have a hard enough time speaking for myself - I don't pretend I can be a spokesman for anybody. I have no interest in playing that role."
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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."
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"The secret of a good marriage is forgiving your partner for marrying you in the first place."
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"Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage."
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"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."
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"That's why I'm really trying to produce my own stuff. This film was so good, because I produced it myself, and developed it, and made it with New Line, which is a smaller studio, so I was in control of a lot of stuff that I wasn't in control of for my other films."
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"Everybody knows that the industrialized nations are the worst offenders."
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"Luckily, he was in the process of moving to France at the time, anyway. But if he had stayed in the States, I don't know how he would have handled that, because it was getting pretty crazy. I mean, a celebrity which he really did not welcome. And I can't blame him."
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"Movies are an art form that is very available to the masses."
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"I like doing them and they're ridiculous and the actors can improvise a lot, and they don't have to be really realistic characters that hit a very specific tone as in a feature film. They're really fun, I want to make more of them definitely."
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"The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile."
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"Some men are all right in their place if they only knew the right places."
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"What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance."
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"If you write a movie for Roger Corman, it's going to get made. You saw it almost the next day."
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"I worked at a local television station and I got a chance to direct and do all those things - worked kiddie shows, Ranger House show with the hand puppets and things like that."
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"I got too fed up with films that didn't make you think. I liked the idea of one that you'd have to be dancing around with. I like my mind to be engaged when I watch a film."
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"Oh, yes, that never happened to me in my life before. It was a risky film, and I warned the producer."
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"Technology has become as ubiquitous as the air we breathe, so we are no longer conscious of its presence."
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"When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done."
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"I try to live my life where I end up at a point where I have no regrets. So I try to choose the road that I have the most passion on because then you can never really blame yourself for making the wrong choices. You can always say you're following your passion."
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"I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films."
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"Everybody has talent, it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is."
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