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The whole thing of this business is to retain your enthusiasm and in a sense retain your innocence and try and practice as much humility as you can. John Frankenheimer
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The script was too disturbing. We showed it to some people in Hollywood who said, This is a bad idea. I can't make this. I'm rich. Andy Wachowski
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The script was a synthesis of making mythology relevant in a modern context, relating quantum physics to Zen Buddhism, investigating your own life.
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I've spent a lot of time in LA, so I have a fairly good sense of what that world is, and that group has been supportive of the theater in the past.
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I've never presented. The logistics of that is a challenge.
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With Roger, it would be: 'On Page 67, we think this is a little quick to have another attack of Piranhas, so could you put it off until Page 69?' John Sayles
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You have to be a producer nowadays. You have to find the subject, find the writer, find the cameraman, cast it, and then you go to a producer. Vincente Minnelli
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We just said, 'Okay, you're in the movie. Bring what you would bring for a three-day weekend and I hope you like the way you look in it because once you're on camera, that's your wardrobe.' But it worked; it worked and we were very surprised.
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I sought Ben Affleck because I needed an everyman for this role. Ben appeals to men and women. He gives you a sense of intelligence, the notion of a guy who can think on his feet.
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We had this idea about a woman who you would see on the street and make a host of sexual assumptions, and they would all be wrong.
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I'm not afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen
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I'm going to miss the mix of the kids who are 21 and come up here and find themselves with people who are at the peak of their careers.
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I'm hands-on in areas where I can make a difference. There's no sense in me standing on set; the director doesn't need me there. Sydney Pollack
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I mean look, the thing about movie making and criticism and producing movies now, everyone compares everything to something else. Ted Demme
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Then I found books that were written much later, as late as 15 years ago. It was very superficial material, but enough to tell me that the genesis of this story was worth exploring. Charles Guggenheim
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The minute somebody starts trying to market that stuff, I think it would actually really be a harmful thing for the process of film making. Jay Roach
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Then I usually leave the choice of the second assistant director and any other assistant directors to the first assistant director, who will choose because he or she is responsible for the conduct and the efficiency of the second assistant directors.
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The audience includes subscribers, so you have to be careful.
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There was always an outsider quality to him. I think he must have felt that way somewhat, because his family was unusual and his name was unusual. Joe Dante
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The new Kirk Douglas Theater for development of new plays and education in Culver City is an area doing a major redevelopment. We're part of that.
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It's not color, it's like pouring 40 tablespoons of sugar water over a roast. John Huston
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It's all about the same thing, being able to pull people into a situation where you have a vision, and transport that vision off the page. Taylor Hackford
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Foreseeing the struggle, the French began to construct a chain of forts connecting the St. Lawrence settlements with the Mississippi.
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I knew, as opposed to Gods And Monsters, this had to deal with Kinsey's early experiences in childhood and early marriage as they informed who he was. Bill Condon
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I made all these films and I had all kinds of great experiences. I worked with the great filmmakers and it was a very exciting life.
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I made this movie for $40,000, which was this little black-and-white horror film called Dementia 13, which we made in about nine days. Francis Coppola
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I'm thinking of remaking Psycho again. Doing a third remake. The idea this time is to really change it - we're talking about doing a Punk rocker setting. Gus Sant
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That led me into the area of doing a movie about sequels and a movie that was a parody of the first picture instead of just a sequel to it.
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No, in fact I am embarrassed to say that I told everyone after the first Jeepers that I would never, ever make a sequel to any of my films. Victor Salva
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They prepared Superman for a year, and they had the guy flying on a flat board with four wires. What were the challenges? Endless. Richard Donner
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There's been a big spur in downtown development with new business, restaurants and a lot of loft buying. The buses run, and there's a subway that runs through downtown.
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Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there. Joel Coen
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It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box.