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Christopher Reeve so completely inhabited the character Superman when he was in that costume, and that had such a huge effect on me as a child, watching those films back in the 70s. There was so much of that character that was, for me, Superman Picture Quote #1

I love silent cinema but don’t hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces Picture Quote #1

To get noticed, I had to take my films in a space which was much more democratic in terms of cinema - the international film festivals Picture Quote #1

It is said that anyone who does commercial cinema is not acting, and anyone who does an art film is acting. I don’t believe it. I feel whenever you are doing a film, you are acting. So you need to be applauded for that. I won’t do art house cinemas. I want to make commercial films. I want my films to make money Picture Quote #1

I’m not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films Picture Quote #1

I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids’ films Picture Quote #1

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My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or Citizen Kane or some classic old movies. And every summer the revival house in Evanston would show the great films from the 50s and 60s and 70s Picture Quote #1

The horror movie will not go away. Look at the change in the Hollywood landscape as a signifier of its durability. At one point it was just one of many styles of films called ‘product’ that between, say, 1930 and 1970, the movie city ground out like sausages or hula hoops at a rate of four or five a week Picture Quote #1

City of God’ and ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ are both films that I really like, but they are stylistically the opposite of what I wanted to do Picture Quote #1

I love the fact that a lot of my audience is people from the inner city. African-Americans love my films Picture Quote #1

How my film career happened, I don’t know. It was unplanned. I’d been in films and TV throughout the Sixties and early Seventies, but it was really ‘The Naked Civil Servant’ in 1975 that put me on the radar Picture Quote #1

I loved plays, I loved films, but I had no desire to act until I had just put out my album ‘Like Water for Chocolate.’ Creatively, I felt like I’d hit a ceiling, and I needed something else to express myself, and I just decided to take acting classes Picture Quote #1

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I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits Picture Quote #1

I understand working-class culture, tribalism and the ethos of violence, so I make films about these things Picture Quote #1

Really interesting genre films, especially monster movies, evoke the fears of the times intentionally. Our starting point was ‘Godzilla’ - the original movie was released less than 10 years after Hiroshima, and it’s a classic in Japan Picture Quote #1

I’m a big kid, I’m a kid at heart, so I still love the classic family films, such as the great Warner Bros film ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ - not the remake, but the original. It’s still one of the best movies, hands down, ever made, and of course that goes back to the ingenuity of the characters and the storyline Picture Quote #1

I hate films with a clear message, ones that have their answers already when they start Picture Quote #1

In my own personal time, horror films freak me out too much, so I tend to steer clear of watching horror films on my own Picture Quote #1

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Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people Picture Quote #1

I really wanted to write the way Kubrick makes films - ‘Strangelove,’ 2001’, ‘Clockwork Orange’, ‘Barry Lyndon’ - they’re all so different Picture Quote #1

I’ve kept the people who’ve been in my career who I feel are my family. Kathy [Kennedy] had been with me since 1978. Janusz Kaminsky, my cinematographer, has made every movie with me since Schindler’s List. Michael Kahn has cut every movie I’ve directed since 1976 when we made Close Encounters together. Rick Carter has done more than 15 of my directed films as a production designer Picture Quote #1

I get startled really easily, so I hate horror films. I have to close my eyes when I think something is going to make me jump, because I just scream Picture Quote #1

The favorite thing I like to do is nothing. I’m such an expert at doing nothing. I have a boat. I make training films for the Coast Guard. I listen to a great deal of opera Picture Quote #1

I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I could get him out and he’d look at me the way boys do in films, as if I’m beautiful Picture Quote #1

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In America, even the critics - which is a pity - tend to genre-ize things. They have a hard time when genres get mixed. They want to categorize things. That’s why I love Wes Anderson’s films and the Coen Brothers, because you don’t know what you’re going to get, and very often you get something that you don’t expect and that’s just what a genre’s not supposed to do Picture Quote #1

I feel like if you see five films not knowing who made them, you know which one is the Coen Brothers Picture Quote #1

Many films are forgotten and deserve to be, but others glom onto the DNA and they keep a share of the collective consciousness. It’s a profound question: What are we here for? What is the purpose, the sum effect of our work? Picture Quote #1

I like very human stories that venture into sci-fi or the supernatural or areas that I think occupy a lot of space in our collective memory for the films that we loved as children Picture Quote #1

I don’t know if I’d ever want to show my college life in the films I make. I think I’ve passed that stage long ago Picture Quote #1

Why should I ever get fed up talking about my father? He was a brilliant, colorful man who left us with thousands of memories. Most people remember his films, but I’ve got anecdotes and advice and episodes of real life tucked away inside my head Picture Quote #1

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Christopher Reeve so completely inhabited the character Superman when he was in that costume, and that had such a huge effect on me as a child, watching those films back in the 70s. There was so much of that character that was, for me, Superman. (Films Quotes) I love silent cinema but don’t hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces. (Films Quotes) To get noticed, I had to take my films in a space which was much more democratic in terms of cinema - the international film festivals. (Films Quotes) It is said that anyone who does commercial cinema is not acting, and anyone who does an art film is acting. I don’t believe it. I feel whenever you are doing a film, you are acting. So you need to be applauded for that. I won’t do art house cinemas. I want to make commercial films. I want my films to make money. (Films Quotes) I’m not coming from film school, I learned cinema in the cinema watching films (Films Quotes) I like watching film, I go to the cinema, but a lot of times I go to see kids’ films (Films Quotes) My dad had a commercial film company, so he had a videotape player before anyone. So he got Mel Brooks movies or Citizen Kane or some classic old movies. And every summer the revival house in Evanston would show the great films from the 50s and 60s and 70s. (Films Quotes) The horror movie will not go away. Look at the change in the Hollywood landscape as a signifier of its durability. At one point it was just one of many styles of films called ‘product’ that between, say, 1930 and 1970, the movie city ground out like sausages or hula hoops at a rate of four or five a week. (Films Quotes) City of God’ and ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ are both films that I really like, but they are stylistically the opposite of what I wanted to do. (Films Quotes) I love the fact that a lot of my audience is people from the inner city. African-Americans love my films. (Films Quotes) How my film career happened, I don’t know. It was unplanned. I’d been in films and TV throughout the Sixties and early Seventies, but it was really ‘The Naked Civil Servant’ in 1975 that put me on the radar. (Films Quotes) I loved plays, I loved films, but I had no desire to act until I had just put out my album ‘Like Water for Chocolate.’ Creatively, I felt like I’d hit a ceiling, and I needed something else to express myself, and I just decided to take acting classes. (Films Quotes) I am a gay man who loves James Bond films and snooker - all kinds of working-class pursuits (Films Quotes) I understand working-class culture, tribalism and the ethos of violence, so I make films about these things. (Films Quotes) Really interesting genre films, especially monster movies, evoke the fears of the times intentionally. Our starting point was ‘Godzilla’ - the original movie was released less than 10 years after Hiroshima, and it’s a classic in Japan. (Films Quotes) I’m a big kid, I’m a kid at heart, so I still love the classic family films, such as the great Warner Bros film ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ - not the remake, but the original. It’s still one of the best movies, hands down, ever made, and of course that goes back to the ingenuity of the characters and the storyline. (Films Quotes) I hate films with a clear message, ones that have their answers already when they start (Films Quotes) In my own personal time, horror films freak me out too much, so I tend to steer clear of watching horror films on my own. (Films Quotes) Those of us in the industry who are still foolishly clinging to the idea that female films with women at the center are niche experiences - they are not. Audiences want to see them and, in fact, they earn money. The world is round, people. (Films Quotes) I really wanted to write the way Kubrick makes films - ‘Strangelove,’ 2001’, ‘Clockwork Orange’, ‘Barry Lyndon’ - they’re all so different. (Films Quotes) I’ve kept the people who’ve been in my career who I feel are my family. Kathy [Kennedy] had been with me since 1978. Janusz Kaminsky, my cinematographer, has made every movie with me since Schindler’s List. Michael Kahn has cut every movie I’ve directed since 1976 when we made Close Encounters together. Rick Carter has done more than 15 of my directed films as a production designer. (Films Quotes) I get startled really easily, so I hate horror films. I have to close my eyes when I think something is going to make me jump, because I just scream. (Films Quotes) The favorite thing I like to do is nothing. I’m such an expert at doing nothing. I have a boat. I make training films for the Coast Guard. I listen to a great deal of opera. (Films Quotes) I wish I had a boyfriend. I wish he lived in the wardrobe on a coat hanger. Whenever I wanted, I could get him out and he’d look at me the way boys do in films, as if I’m beautiful. (Films Quotes) In America, even the critics - which is a pity - tend to genre-ize things. They have a hard time when genres get mixed. They want to categorize things. That’s why I love Wes Anderson’s films and the Coen Brothers, because you don’t know what you’re going to get, and very often you get something that you don’t expect and that’s just what a genre’s not supposed to do. (Films Quotes) I feel like if you see five films not knowing who made them, you know which one is the Coen Brothers. (Films Quotes) Many films are forgotten and deserve to be, but others glom onto the DNA and they keep a share of the collective consciousness. It’s a profound question: What are we here for? What is the purpose, the sum effect of our work? (Films Quotes) I like very human stories that venture into sci-fi or the supernatural or areas that I think occupy a lot of space in our collective memory for the films that we loved as children. (Films Quotes) I don’t know if I’d ever want to show my college life in the films I make. I think I’ve passed that stage long ago. (Films Quotes) Why should I ever get fed up talking about my father? He was a brilliant, colorful man who left us with thousands of memories. Most people remember his films, but I’ve got anecdotes and advice and episodes of real life tucked away inside my head. (Films Quotes)

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