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I was saying as a joke the other day that I love film editing, I know how to cut a picture, I think I know how to shoot it, but I don’t know how to light it. And I realize it’s because I didn’t grow up with light. I grew up in tenements Picture Quote #1

The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow Picture Quote #1

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later Picture Quote #1

The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be Picture Quote #1

Music is a big factor in helping the illusion of the film come to life. The same way music brings back different periods of our lives Picture Quote #1

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel Picture Quote #1

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When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it. My technique, which differs from film to film, is wholly instinctive and never based on a priori considerations Picture Quote #1

What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure Picture Quote #1

Film is not analysis, it is the agitation of mind; cinema comes from the country fair and the circus, not from art and academicism Picture Quote #1

When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film Picture Quote #1

If you wanted to watch me work, it would be totally boring. It would look like a Warhol film where nothing happens. I sit for 24 hours, then I scratch myself Picture Quote #1

But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives? Picture Quote #1

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When you work with great people, you learn - about film, about clothing, about life, about sex Picture Quote #1

When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses Picture Quote #1

Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was Romeo and Juliet? How long were they together? A few days Picture Quote #1

There are parallels between filmmaking and climbing mountains just in terms of the commitment it requires, absolute devotion, and the belief that you are going to make a film and that the film is going to be OK, as well as the risks you have to take. You are never going to climb anything great if you don’t take risks Picture Quote #1

Young people today are flooded with disconnected images but lack a sympathetic instrument to analyze them as well as a historical frame of reference in which to situate them. I am reminded of an unnerving scene in Stanley Kubrick’s epic film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, where an astronaut, his air hose cut by the master computer gone amok, spins helplessly off into space Picture Quote #1

What I’ve been doing with my misfit, so-called acting career in film from day one on my first film, ‘Spanking The Monkey’, is, I’ve kind of made a concerted effort to hijack my acting career to turn it into film school, because I’ve always had the blasphemous idea of becoming a reasonably competent filmmaker in my own right some day Picture Quote #1

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I was saying as a joke the other day that I love film editing, I know how to cut a picture, I think I know how to shoot it, but I don’t know how to light it. And I realize it’s because I didn’t grow up with light. I grew up in tenements (Film Quotes) The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow (Film Quotes) A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what’s behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later (Film Quotes) The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be (Film Quotes) Music is a big factor in helping the illusion of the film come to life. The same way music brings back different periods of our lives (Film Quotes) I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel (Film Quotes) When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it. My technique, which differs from film to film, is wholly instinctive and never based on a priori considerations (Film Quotes) What is attempted in these film is of course a synthesis. But it can be seen by someone who has his feet in both cultures. Someone who will bring to bear on the films involvement and detachment in equal measure (Film Quotes) Film is not analysis, it is the agitation of mind; cinema comes from the country fair and the circus, not from art and academicism (Film Quotes) When I emerged from drama school, I had no expectation that I would ever work in film (Film Quotes) If you wanted to watch me work, it would be totally boring. It would look like a Warhol film where nothing happens. I sit for 24 hours, then I scratch myself (Film Quotes) But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives? (Film Quotes) When you work with great people, you learn - about film, about clothing, about life, about sex (Film Quotes) When I was a little kid, all I wanted to do was to escape what I thought was the country and get to a city. Probably film and television had influenced me so much, I really thought the key to happiness was living a very artificial life in a penthouse in New York with martini glasses (Film Quotes) Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was Romeo and Juliet? How long were they together? A few days (Film Quotes) There are parallels between filmmaking and climbing mountains just in terms of the commitment it requires, absolute devotion, and the belief that you are going to make a film and that the film is going to be OK, as well as the risks you have to take. You are never going to climb anything great if you don’t take risks (Film Quotes) Young people today are flooded with disconnected images but lack a sympathetic instrument to analyze them as well as a historical frame of reference in which to situate them. I am reminded of an unnerving scene in Stanley Kubrick’s epic film, 2001: A Space Odyssey, where an astronaut, his air hose cut by the master computer gone amok, spins helplessly off into space (Film Quotes) What I’ve been doing with my misfit, so-called acting career in film from day one on my first film, ‘Spanking The Monkey’, is, I’ve kind of made a concerted effort to hijack my acting career to turn it into film school, because I’ve always had the blasphemous idea of becoming a reasonably competent filmmaker in my own right some day (Film Quotes)

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