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Peter Weir Quotes

I’ve become wary of interviews in which you’re forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you’ve done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive Picture Quote #1

I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Freedom.’ Would I make that into a film? I think it’s better suited to television. That would very much be a dialogue and performance piece, and it would take some very skilful direction - but not my kind of directing. But I thought it was a real literary work Picture Quote #1

When I began making films, they were just movies: ‘What’s the new movie? What are you doing?’ Now they’re called ‘adult dramas.’ Picture Quote #1

There’s almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them Picture Quote #1

You can mix in certain sensitivities as a filmmaker Picture Quote #1

Music stops you from thinking Picture Quote #1

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It doesn’t take any imagination at all to feel awed Picture Quote #1

I carve stone. I’ve got hammers and chisels and I carve from sandstone. I just did a big mural of birds and trees Picture Quote #1

I’m not from a theatrical background where people do like to work it out on some stage space Picture Quote #1

Movies tie things up in an arbitrary length of time, but I have always liked things that aren’t fully realised Picture Quote #1

Silent films were, I think, more different than we know to sound films. We think of it as simply that we added dialogue and in actual fact I think it was an entirely different art form Picture Quote #1

Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement Picture Quote #1

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I don’t know if there will ever be an ideal way of selling an original picture. Because everything you’re doing, you’re inventing Picture Quote #1

So much of the work is intuitive. The resistance you detect is just that, a kind of evasion, a sense that too much analysis will inhibit creativity Picture Quote #1

Well, all these stars have their houses swept quite regularly by people who work in the surveillance security business. They come in and they look for bugs and things Picture Quote #1

I’ve become wary of interviews in which you’re forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you’ve done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive Picture Quote #1

I feel safe in saying this, and that is that Peter Weir is without a doubt one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. I’d open a door in a movie for him if he asked me to Picture Quote #1

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I’ve become wary of interviews in which you’re forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you’ve done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive. (Peter Weir Quotes) I enjoyed Jonathan Franzen’s ‘Freedom.’ Would I make that into a film? I think it’s better suited to television. That would very much be a dialogue and performance piece, and it would take some very skilful direction - but not my kind of directing. But I thought it was a real literary work (Peter Weir Quotes) When I began making films, they were just movies: ‘What’s the new movie? What are you doing?’ Now they’re called ‘adult dramas.’ (Peter Weir Quotes) There’s almost a fear that if you understood too deeply the way you arrived at choices, you could become self-conscious. In any case, many ideas which are full of personal meaning seem rather banal when you put words to them (Peter Weir Quotes) You can mix in certain sensitivities as a filmmaker (Peter Weir Quotes) Music stops you from thinking (Peter Weir Quotes) It doesn’t take any imagination at all to feel awed (Peter Weir Quotes) I carve stone. I’ve got hammers and chisels and I carve from sandstone. I just did a big mural of birds and trees (Peter Weir Quotes) I’m not from a theatrical background where people do like to work it out on some stage space (Peter Weir Quotes) Movies tie things up in an arbitrary length of time, but I have always liked things that aren’t fully realised (Peter Weir Quotes) Silent films were, I think, more different than we know to sound films. We think of it as simply that we added dialogue and in actual fact I think it was an entirely different art form (Peter Weir Quotes) Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement (Peter Weir Quotes) I don’t know if there will ever be an ideal way of selling an original picture. Because everything you’re doing, you’re inventing (Peter Weir Quotes) So much of the work is intuitive. The resistance you detect is just that, a kind of evasion, a sense that too much analysis will inhibit creativity (Peter Weir Quotes) Well, all these stars have their houses swept quite regularly by people who work in the surveillance security business. They come in and they look for bugs and things (Peter Weir Quotes) I’ve become wary of interviews in which you’re forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you’ve done, to intellectually review a process that is often intuitive (Peter Weir Quotes) I feel safe in saying this, and that is that Peter Weir is without a doubt one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. I’d open a door in a movie for him if he asked me to (Peter Weir Quotes)