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Allison Anders Quotes

I was a single mom Picture Quote #1

It was such a struggle for me to make it off welfare. I was getting $630 a month for myself and my children with no support from their fathers. The rent was $600 a month, and if you got a job, they took it out of your welfare Picture Quote #1

I don’t know that movies are important. But I know that stories are important. Movies may disappear. They’ve only been around, for God’s sake, for the last hundred years... I think that it’s the need to tell stories, and that people need to be told stories. It’s the old sitting around the fire, you know Picture Quote #1

You end up giving up half your salary every time you make a movie because you need the money to make the movie you have in your head Picture Quote #1

Because I’m one of five people in Los Angeles who doesn’t drive, I walk a lot Picture Quote #1

Box office is one of the strongest tools we have toward preserving our ability to make our movies. We really can make a difference by purchasing a ticket each opening weekend to a movie made by a woman, even if you don’t like the movie or the filmmaker and even if you don’t see the film Picture Quote #1

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During the 90s, a lot of us in the indie film world were not making our money off our movies. We were screenwriters doing scripts for hire for studios Picture Quote #1

I think when I got drawn to film, I didn’t know it was a business. I mean, like most filmmakers, I probably saw more films than a lot of people when I was a kid. But I watched them on TV as well. I was no purist about it. I spent lots of time in movie theaters, but I also watched a lot of films on TV Picture Quote #1

Unless it’s something very clever like ‘Memento,’ most independent films have a very tough life out there Picture Quote #1

Roman Polanski is one of my favorite filmmakers, and John Phillips one of my favorite songwriters. I had the honor to meet each of these men and was almost giddy to be blessed with the chance to tell each artist what his work meant has to me Picture Quote #1

This practice of skinny actresses donning fat suits is essentially the new and acceptable blackface in Hollywood Picture Quote #1

You still get the movies made. A filmmaker can always scrape up money to do a movie. The passion drives it. And you’ll get the money. Money’s the easiest thing. But the hardest thing is finding a way for people to see your movie Picture Quote #1

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I’ve worked on movies where there’s all these people coming and going, and I don’t even know who they are Picture Quote #1

Trauma creates one of four types of people: victims, rescuers, or perps - and if you’re really lucky and really strong and very willing and brave, survivors Picture Quote #1

For me, the most exciting thing is that Jane Campion is a woman we can all really look up to. She doesn’t have the body of work that some other directors do - no woman director does - but her work is so consistently original, wonderful, masterful Picture Quote #1

I’ve been amazed watching people who are not ready with their scripts when they’re getting a lot of attention Picture Quote #1

In the early 90s when the American independent movie started, it held personal vision as a premium. That was brilliant timing Picture Quote #1

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I was a single mom (Allison Anders Quotes) It was such a struggle for me to make it off welfare. I was getting $630 a month for myself and my children with no support from their fathers. The rent was $600 a month, and if you got a job, they took it out of your welfare. (Allison Anders Quotes) I don’t know that movies are important. But I know that stories are important. Movies may disappear. They’ve only been around, for God’s sake, for the last hundred years... I think that it’s the need to tell stories, and that people need to be told stories. It’s the old sitting around the fire, you know. (Allison Anders Quotes) You end up giving up half your salary every time you make a movie because you need the money to make the movie you have in your head. (Allison Anders Quotes) Because I’m one of five people in Los Angeles who doesn’t drive, I walk a lot (Allison Anders Quotes) Box office is one of the strongest tools we have toward preserving our ability to make our movies. We really can make a difference by purchasing a ticket each opening weekend to a movie made by a woman, even if you don’t like the movie or the filmmaker and even if you don’t see the film. (Allison Anders Quotes) During the 90s, a lot of us in the indie film world were not making our money off our movies. We were screenwriters doing scripts for hire for studios. (Allison Anders Quotes) I think when I got drawn to film, I didn’t know it was a business. I mean, like most filmmakers, I probably saw more films than a lot of people when I was a kid. But I watched them on TV as well. I was no purist about it. I spent lots of time in movie theaters, but I also watched a lot of films on TV. (Allison Anders Quotes) Unless it’s something very clever like ‘Memento,’ most independent films have a very tough life out there. (Allison Anders Quotes) Roman Polanski is one of my favorite filmmakers, and John Phillips one of my favorite songwriters. I had the honor to meet each of these men and was almost giddy to be blessed with the chance to tell each artist what his work meant has to me. (Allison Anders Quotes) This practice of skinny actresses donning fat suits is essentially the new and acceptable blackface in Hollywood (Allison Anders Quotes) You still get the movies made. A filmmaker can always scrape up money to do a movie. The passion drives it. And you’ll get the money. Money’s the easiest thing. But the hardest thing is finding a way for people to see your movie. (Allison Anders Quotes) I’ve worked on movies where there’s all these people coming and going, and I don’t even know who they are. (Allison Anders Quotes) Trauma creates one of four types of people: victims, rescuers, or perps - and if you’re really lucky and really strong and very willing and brave, survivors. (Allison Anders Quotes) For me, the most exciting thing is that Jane Campion is a woman we can all really look up to. She doesn’t have the body of work that some other directors do - no woman director does - but her work is so consistently original, wonderful, masterful. (Allison Anders Quotes) I’ve been amazed watching people who are not ready with their scripts when they’re getting a lot of attention. (Allison Anders Quotes) In the early 90s when the American independent movie started, it held personal vision as a premium. That was brilliant timing. (Allison Anders Quotes)