Quotes about american-director
american-director certainly inspiring recognize since various ways
Certainly since Freudian times, we all recognize that there is something called the libido, and that there are various ways of inspiring it. Philip Kaufman
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But the idea of a man being killed during an episode of love and coming back as a woman started to impress me more and more and more. Vincente Minnelli
american-director class interested paid
I'm always interested in the working class people. I am one. They're subjugated, they're paid very little and they can make it in show biz. Taylor Hackford
american-director hal job
My first job on 2001 was to make all of the HAL readouts: the 16 screens that surround HAL's eyes. Douglas Trumbull
american-director music poetry
Music has a poetry of its own, and that poetry is called melody. Joshua Logan
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My greatest thrill was the day Mad magazine spoofed 'Ghost.'
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New Englanders were settled in compact little communities; they liked to live near the church, and where they could unite for protection from enemies.
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From my point of view I work just as hard, I care just as much, if the films fail it doesn't make me suddenly disown them, it just doesn't. Sydney Pollack
american-director somewhat stories telling
I don't think we soft-pedal anything. These stories are pretty extreme, but the way we're telling them makes them somewhat more humorous.
american-director audience hanging means onto work
If it doesn't work with an audience you have to make changes, even if it means not hanging onto the things that are your little favourites. Bobby Farrelly
american-director borderline everybody magical screen sure
He was a psychotic. He was a borderline psychotic. He was a terrific, sensational actor, with a magical screen presence, you couldn't keep your eyes off him, but he was paranoid. He was sure everybody was out to get him. Mark Rydell
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One of the most important tasks of a manager is to eliminate his people's excuses for failure. Robert Townsend
american-director bounds caught dead defeat profound until
I would be going until I went over the bounds of reality and was then caught up in a profound wish to be dead without having to go through the shaming defeat of suicide.
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Olivia Newton-John was our first choice to play Sandy, but she was nervous about acting, whether she would feel comfortable with us and could pull it off at all. Randal Kleiser
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Sitting in this chair, my recommendation would carry too much weight.
american-director desire hope less maybe music next soon work
I have a desire to work with some actors I really like, so I hope to get out there soon and be back at it - maybe a little less music in the next one. Cameron Crowe
american-director early rather
I feel that I'm leaving Williamstown too early, but I'd rather leave too early than too late.
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Because I actually find the next take after they've controlled it a little bit and repressed the laughter is actually a really interesting take, because that's still going on underneath the surface. That struggle to maintain composure becomes part of the joy of the scene. Jay Roach
american-director spend
But, I don't know, I really don't spend a lot of time, I think what you've got to do is you think about what you're going to do next. Walter Hill
american-director great lots people secrets
But I don't have any great secrets for anybody, you know, I really don't. I don't do anything that lots of other people don't do. John Frankenheimer
american-director biggest earliest influence mad satire terms
But in terms of satire and comedy,our biggest and earliest influence was Mad magazine.
american-director companies people treated
Most people in big companies are administered, not led. They are treated as personnel, not people.
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Me and Johnny Rotten have been talking about doing a movie of his book, No Irish, No Dogs, No Blacks. We have a script, so hopefully that's going to happen at some point in our careers. Penelope Spheeris
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My job is to assemble this team of collaboration, hope that everyone has a strong ego but no vanity and that we can proceed with a critical path. Godfrey Reggio
american-director
Just go out there and do it. It's not the easiest path.
american-director maybe telling terms understanding
Maybe our telling of the story wasn't as clear as it should have been, but I don't think that's true. In terms of understanding the story, it comes across. Joel Coen
american-director believe good gotta touch
I'm here to make good pictures. If I don't see it, I won't touch it. I may not make a good picture, but I still gotta believe in it! William Wyler
american-director bigger both expect kinds movies scale smaller
Well all kinds of movies that you wouldn't expect that I'd want to do, both bigger scale and smaller scale than the ones I've done.
american-director
The American public does not know poets exist. James Broughton
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I was mesmerized by what it would be like for somebody who was a student of history and archeology to go back to a medieval period and really live it. Richard Donner
american-director
I was never restricted. I was never told what to do. Ray Harryhausen
american-director attribute executives forgotten good people simple
Most of the good executives do pretty well. Because to be a good executive you have to be strong, and you have to have a simple attribute that people have forgotten about - courage. John Milius
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I wonder if I had gone for laughter and tears from the start how sad (the movie) would've been.