Mary Harron
Mary Harron
Mary Harronis a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter best known for her films I Shot Andy Warhol, American Psycho and The Notorious Bettie Page...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth12 January 1953
bored decision important
I'm bored by films that revolve around a trick. I kind of know if a film is right for me; all the most important decisions are made intuitively.
commitment years aftermath
Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about movies - you're stuck with the aftermath.
focus beating-yourself-up no-point
There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.
successful thinking doe
I think morale is the hardest part, not comparing yourself to someone else. I think everyone compares themselves to someone more successful than they are. Everyone does it. You have to embrace your own rocky path.
art elements film
My films have elements of genre in them, which prevents them from being purely art films.
love-you careers ideas
At any age you can start over. You have to drop the idea of where you should be in your career. And you have to do without a lot of love. Not everyone's going to love you.
thinking people taste
If you have had some taste of success, it's extremely addicting. I think the withdrawal from that is what's most devastating. I don't think it's the success that kills people, it's the withdrawal.
stars good-luck long
I had long periods where I couldn't make things happen, and then periods of enormous good luck. I guess the trick is to keep going in the periods when you're not lucky, when your stars are not aligned.
style trying hollywood
The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's a chance to try out different styles.
people important tvs
The really important people in TV are not the directors; they're the writers.
thinking ambiguity
Americans always think they have to lead. I'm interested in ambiguity.
firsts lucky film
I was lucky with my first film because it had Warhol in it. That was the selling point.
sexy made critics
There was a lot of anger among critics that I had not made a sexy movie.
girl people way
People make films about all kinds of relationships, but they won't do these extremely intense platonic love affairs that happen between young girls. In a way they are more intense than anything else you ever have, and that's what I wanted to make a film about, though it was in the context of a horror film.