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Quotes by Director

"We Are The Sum Total Of Our Choices..."

"We Are The Sum Total Of Our Choices..."

Woody Allen, American Director

Philosophy, Choice, Responsibility, Identity, Life

19

"I am going to give my psychoanalyst one more year then I'm going to Lourdes."

"I am going to give my psychoanalyst one more year then I'm going to Lourdes."

Woody Allen, American Director

Spiritual, Faith, Hope, Decision, Life

19

"I do not believe in an afterlife although I am bringing a change of underwear."

"I do not believe in an afterlife although I am bringing a change of underwear."

Woody Allen, American Director

Humor, Afterlife, Death, Skepticism

19

"It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to."

"It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to."

Woody Allen, American Director

Creativity, Freedom, Observation, Life

19

"Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable."

"Life is divided into the horrible and the miserable."

Woody Allen, American Director

19

"Photons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic."

"Photons have mass? I didn't even know they were Catholic."

Woody Allen, American Director

Science, Physics, Knowledge, Humor, Surprise

19

"The youth of France do not want a new neo-liberal contract."

"The youth of France do not want a new neo-liberal contract."

Peter Hall, British Director

Politics, France, Want, Youth

19

"I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib."

"I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib."

Woody Allen, American Director

Parenting, Parents

18

"I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox."

"I was nauseous and tingly all over. I was either in love or I had smallpox."

Woody Allen, American Director

18

"Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it."

"Sex alleviates tension. Love causes it."

Woody Allen, American Director

Relationship, Sex, Love, Tension, Emotion

18

"When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back."

"When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back."

Woody Allen, American Director

Behavior, Childhood, Innocence, Play, Guilt

18

"If I had any balls whatsoever, I'd make nothing but Jay and Silent Bob flicks for the rest of my life. However, being a critical whore, I've gotta move on and 'grow' beyond those characters."

"If I had any balls whatsoever, I'd make nothing but Jay and Silent Bob flicks for the rest of my life. However, being a critical whore, I've gotta move on and 'grow' beyond those characters."

Kevin Smith, American Director

Life, Being, Nothing, Rest

18

"I try to make films that move people when they are in the theater and make them think only after they leave."

"I try to make films that move people when they are in the theater and make them think only after they leave."

Claude Berri, French Director

People, Theater

18

"Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem."

"Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem."

Lindsay Anderson, English Director

Art, Experience

18

"I think that films or indeed any art work should be made in a way that they are infinitely viewable; so that you could go back to it time and time again, not necessarily immediately but over a space of time, and see new things in it, or new ways of looking at it."

"I think that films or indeed any art work should be made in a way that they are infinitely viewable; so that you could go back to it time and time again, not necessarily immediately but over a space of time, and see new things in it, or new ways of looking at it."

Peter Greenaway, British Director

Art, Time, Work, Space

18

"If I could only see one miracle just one miracle. Like a burning bush or the seas part or my uncle Sasha pick up a check."

"If I could only see one miracle just one miracle. Like a burning bush or the seas part or my uncle Sasha pick up a check."

Woody Allen, American Director

Faith, Miracle, Hope, Desire

17

"The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small."

"The food here is terrible, and the portions are too small."

Woody Allen, American Director

17

"The best thing to do is to behave in a manner befitting one's age. If you are sixteen and under try not to go bald."

"The best thing to do is to behave in a manner befitting one's age. If you are sixteen and under try not to go bald."

Woody Allen, American Director

Humor, Aging, Behavior, Youth

17

"The best scary movies have great humor in them and a great story."

"The best scary movies have great humor in them and a great story."

Stephen Sommers, American Director

17

"Death doesn't really worry me that much, I'm not frightened about it... I just don't want to be there when it happens."

"Death doesn't really worry me that much, I'm not frightened about it... I just don't want to be there when it happens."

Woody Allen, American Director

Philosophical, Death, Fear, Acceptance, Life

17

"Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat...college."

"Sun is bad for you. Everything our parents said was good is bad. Sun, milk, red meat...college."

Woody Allen, American Director

Health, Advice, Observation, Truth

17

"Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: "At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a question mark. You'd be surprised how effective it can be."

"Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: "At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a question mark. You'd be surprised how effective it can be."

Woody Allen, American Director

Writing, Advice, Life, Creativity

17

"I've heard what people are saying, and it's a very weird thing. They're going into a realm where it's somethign that's almost ugly, rather than something that can be so beautiful."

"I've heard what people are saying, and it's a very weird thing. They're going into a realm where it's somethign that's almost ugly, rather than something that can be so beautiful."

James Haven, American Director

People, Saying, Ugly

17

"The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee."

"The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

16

"It's flattering to make a picture which becomes a classic within 10 years; it's not so flattering, however, when people get the impression it's the only picture you've ever made."

"It's flattering to make a picture which becomes a classic within 10 years; it's not so flattering, however, when people get the impression it's the only picture you've ever made."

Robert Hamer, British Director

People, Impression, Years

16

"All my life I've been waiting for this, and now it can happen. A Williams is going to win."

"All my life I've been waiting for this, and now it can happen. A Williams is going to win."

Richard Williams, Canadian Director

Life, Now, Waiting

16

"The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you."

"The difference between sex and death is that with death you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you."

Woody Allen, American Director

Humor, Death, Sexuality, Truth

16

"I have always believed that opera is a planet where the muses work together, join hands and celebrate all the arts."

"I have always believed that opera is a planet where the muses work together, join hands and celebrate all the arts."

Franco Zeffirelli, Italian Director

16

"Having sex is like bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand."

"Having sex is like bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand."

Woody Allen, American Director

Relationship, Sex, Partnership, Skill, Observation

16

"Perchance the chemist is already damned and the guardian the blackest."

"Perchance the chemist is already damned and the guardian the blackest."

Lewis Gilbert, British Director

16

"I love all of mythology and rules pertaining to all of the monsters, but I like to go the extra step."

"I love all of mythology and rules pertaining to all of the monsters, but I like to go the extra step."

Stephen Sommers, American Director

Love, Mythology, Rules

16

"We're from the ghetto. Venus is a ghetto Cinderella. People from the ghetto don't get nervous."

"We're from the ghetto. Venus is a ghetto Cinderella. People from the ghetto don't get nervous."

Richard Williams, Canadian Director

15

"I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement."

"I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement."

Elia Kazan, American Director

15

"I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this."

"I hate the Communists and have for many years and don't feel right about giving up my career to defend them. I will give up my film career if it is in the interests of defending something I believe in, but not this."

Elia Kazan, American Director

Career, Film, Giving, Hate

15

"We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise."

"We may pretend that we're basically moral people who make mistakes, but the whole of history proves otherwise."

Terry Hands, British Director

History, People, May, Mistakes

14

"I don't think violence on film breeds violence in life. Violence in life breeds violence in films."

"I don't think violence on film breeds violence in life. Violence in life breeds violence in films."

Robert Aldrich, American Director

Life, Film, Violence

14

"Long time no see. I only pray the caliber of your questions has improved."

"Long time no see. I only pray the caliber of your questions has improved."

Kevin Smith, American Director

Time, Questions

13

"I am interested in the notion that people can become so obsessed by their world that they lose sense and awareness of how they appear to other people. They're so earnest about it. But that's true of so many things."

"I am interested in the notion that people can become so obsessed by their world that they lose sense and awareness of how they appear to other people. They're so earnest about it. But that's true of so many things."

Christopher Guest, British Director

People, Awareness, Sense, World

13

"My private life has nothing to do with my films."

"My private life has nothing to do with my films."

Fritz Lang, Austrian Director

10

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