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"I had read tons of science fiction. I was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it was not fantasy in the sense of pure escapism."

"I had read tons of science fiction. I was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it was not fantasy in the sense of pure escapism."

James Cameron, American Director

Science, Escapism, Fantasy, Fiction

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"My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!"

"My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!"

Frank Capra, American Director

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"The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter."

"The cultivation of sensibility on purely personal lines may, in fact, be the very worst training for a world where only the corporate and the cooperative will matter."

John Grierson, British Director

Humanity, Corporate, Fact, May, Sensibility

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"When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man."

"When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man."

Stanley Kubrick, American Director

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"Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that."

"Maybe I'll paint, do photography, just something else. I can see that."

Steven Soderbergh, American Director

Hobbies, Photography

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"I think that finding a way into somebody's life that's sort of off from a side angle can tell you more about that person than a greatest hits approach."

"I think that finding a way into somebody's life that's sort of off from a side angle can tell you more about that person than a greatest hits approach."

Bill Condon, American Director

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"The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary."

"The film of tomorrow appears to me as even more personal than an individual and autobiographical novel, like a confession, or a diary."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Film, Confession, Tomorrow

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"As a producer, I think one of the most important decisions you make is not necessarily the material you are working on but the production apparatus that you choose to develop the project with, and that determines what funding you go to, it determines many factors."

"As a producer, I think one of the most important decisions you make is not necessarily the material you are working on but the production apparatus that you choose to develop the project with, and that determines what funding you go to, it determines many factors."

Atom Egoyan, Canadian Director

Decision-Making, Decisions, Production, Project

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"Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most."

"Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

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"If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France."

"If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France."

Robert Altman, American Director

Nation, France, President

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"It's about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does the stronger he becomes. The film's about the devastating results that can manifest from the internal enemy being unbridled and allowed to unleash chaos."

"It's about not letting the internal enemy, the real enemy, have his way because the more he does the stronger he becomes. The film's about the devastating results that can manifest from the internal enemy being unbridled and allowed to unleash chaos."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

Being, Chaos, Enemy, Film

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"If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart."

"If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

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"Never make a promise - you may have to keep it."

"Never make a promise - you may have to keep it."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

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"I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood."

"I'd worship the ground you walked on if only you walked in a better neighborhood."

Billy Wilder, American Director

Flattery, Worship

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"Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper."

"Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Art, Film, Will

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"Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater."

"Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater."

Roman Polanski, French Director

Cinema, Forget, Theater

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"I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life."

"I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film idea in my life."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

Life, Idea, Film, Vacation

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"Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious."

"Art is a marriage of the conscious and the unconscious."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Art, Marriage, Unconscious

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"I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work."

"I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

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"I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream."

"I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

Personal, Coffee

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"I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own."

"I'm such a good lover because I practice a lot on my own."

Woody Allen, American Director

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"I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying."

"I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying."

Derek Jarman, British Director

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"And the fact that you must make the movie for yourself because no one else will ever fully appreciate the endeavor, makes it a more rewarding challenge."

"And the fact that you must make the movie for yourself because no one else will ever fully appreciate the endeavor, makes it a more rewarding challenge."

Richard King, American Director

Challenge, Fact, Will

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"Sylvester has a great popular sense, as good as any writer I've ever worked with. He knows what audiences want to see, and what they don't want to see."

"Sylvester has a great popular sense, as good as any writer I've ever worked with. He knows what audiences want to see, and what they don't want to see."

Ted Kotcheff, Canadian Director

Media, Audiences, Popular, Sense, Want

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"When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe."

"When I was a teenager, I read a lot of Poe."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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"There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible."

"There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

Woman, Women, Awareness

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"If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds."

"If anybody reads a story in a magazine or book, different pictures compete in their minds."

Vincente Minnelli, American Director

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"A great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads."

"A great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads."

Alan Parker, British Director

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"I've always wanted to do a boxing movie."

"I've always wanted to do a boxing movie."

Walter Hill, American Director

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"When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York."

"When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Time, First, States, United

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"Memories are doing funny things to us."

"Memories are doing funny things to us."

Milos Forman, Czechoslovakian Director

Fun, Funny, Memories

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"Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you."

"Well, directing is doing the key drawings, not the key animation, mind you."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Animation, Key, Mind

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"The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them."

"The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Life, Design, Ideas, Bizarre

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"While the eyes of the world will be on us let's show everyone that we have a great sense of humour."

"While the eyes of the world will be on us let's show everyone that we have a great sense of humour."

Yahoo Serious, Australian Director

Cultural, Eyes, Sense, Will, World

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"Some colors are very difficult to render, and you must compensate to get the color you want on the screen."

"Some colors are very difficult to render, and you must compensate to get the color you want on the screen."

Claude Chabrol, French Director

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"With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life."

"With a film, I do my best to understand the author's intentions and try to bring the characters to life."

Bruce Beresford, Australian Director

Life, Film, Intentions

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"I think video games are a great kind of entertainment. They have replaced a lot of games people normally play with their friends and neighbours, like Monopoly."

"I think video games are a great kind of entertainment. They have replaced a lot of games people normally play with their friends and neighbours, like Monopoly."

Uwe Boll, German Director

Friendship, People, Entertainment, Friends, Games

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"I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles."

"I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I may have spent a week in Los Angeles."

Richard Linklater, American Director

Boys, Film, May

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"Will Smith is young, he's cool and my kids have his CDs."

"Will Smith is young, he's cool and my kids have his CDs."

Robert Conrad, Polish Director

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"We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we are together. Relationships are about eating humble pie."

"We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we are together. Relationships are about eating humble pie."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

Relationship, Work, Eating, Relationships

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"Slater's a big star and he's been in the business a long time. He's always in a good mood and easygoing but he takes his character very seriously."

"Slater's a big star and he's been in the business a long time. He's always in a good mood and easygoing but he takes his character very seriously."

Uwe Boll, German Director

Business, Time, Character

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"An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture."

"An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

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"I think the concept of the sea is very important."

"I think the concept of the sea is very important."

Alejandro Amenabar, Spanish Director

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"Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings."

"Neither does man have gills for living in a water environment; yet it is not sinful to explore the depths of the oceans in search of food or other blessings."

Walter Lang, American Director

Food, Blessings, Environment, Living

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"I learned at a very early age, the easiest thing in the world is to tell the truth, and then you don't have to remember what you said. It has nothing to do with morality, just remembering what you said."

"I learned at a very early age, the easiest thing in the world is to tell the truth, and then you don't have to remember what you said. It has nothing to do with morality, just remembering what you said."

Robert Evans, American Director

Age, Morality, Truth, Nothing

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"The End of the Affair is almost like a play."

"The End of the Affair is almost like a play."

Neil Jordan, Irish Director

Literature, End, Play

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"I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France."

"I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

Relaxation, France, Living, Space

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"But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood."

"But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood."

Sydney Pollack, American Director

Diversity, Europe, Hollywood, States, United

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"The Coyote is limited, as Bugs is limited, by his anatomy."

"The Coyote is limited, as Bugs is limited, by his anatomy."

Chuck Jones, American Director

Cartoon characters, Bugs

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"I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of."

"I got into film-making because I was interested in making entertaining movies, which I felt there was a lack of."

Guy Ritchie, British Director

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