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Kodak sells film, but they don't advertise film; they advertise memories.
I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me.
Every film is exciting because I get new tools and cool new things to do.
I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip.
Many Hindi films that are Tamil remakes rake in huge moolah in Bollywood.
Secondarily, I think films that are driven by music also terrify studios.
I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.
I did loads of student films and fringe theatre. I worked for free a lot.
I'm very hairy, and men in film and TV are no longer allowed to be hairy.
Nooooooo... favorite film, that's like asking if you have a favorite kid!
Choosing location is integral to the film: in essence, another character.
The problem is, with a lot of children's films, they are very commercial.
So I used formal techniques to make the film more perceptive emotionally.
I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience.
To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.
Music and film are inseparable. They always have been and always will be.
In the '70s, you didn't know who was going to survive in a disaster film.
For a film to be made is a small miracle. And sometimes it's a large one.
To make a film you have to dream a film... that's true of poetry as well.
'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good.
I'd like to film a British commercial; they're better than American ones.
When a film company is in the red they come to me. Always it is the same.
I never thought I would say this, but I'm desperate to do an action film.
My job is to create a film, where we are capturing truth in performances.
And I would never accept a film because of the money. I have enough money.
I do one film at a time. I can't wake up early. I can't do too many films.
'Matilda' was my favorite movie to film and my favorite to watch, as well.
Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too.
I never saw film stars at home. We had no maid, no cook, no swimming pool.
I am not someone who believes to doing a film just because it is off beat.
It's rare to have even half-meaningful conversations in the film industry.
I try and do films I know I'm going to enjoy watching as well as being in.
It takes forever to make a film. It's a gargantuan thing of untold effort.
As far as my notoriety or whatever, I haven't been the star of a hit film.
I would rather not make a film than make one where I don't have final cut.
The only time I'm totally happy is when I'm watching films or making them.
If I like a film, I usually appreciate the way it was made the first time.
I'd love to work in America, some of my favourite films come from America.
But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.
Politics should be, you know, as exciting as literature, as exciting film.
If I had only one film in the world to save, it would be 'Grand Illusion.'
I come from a family where my father is a filmmaker and professor of film.
The embarrassing thing is that my salad dressing is out-grossing my films.
I wouldn't say no to being in a film with Jude Law. I love English actors.
If you see, as I do, in edited film, you're going to end up as a director.
Every phase of a film has to go against what was done in the previous one.
For a filmmaker, it's a rare chance to do a personal film on a big canvas.
Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint.
I had always been affected by films, as well, of course - and great films.
Film, television and to a certain extent, theater are modern day libraries.