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Jane Campion Quotes

I think I made good movies Picture Quote #1

There is a different kind of vulnerability when a woman is directing Picture Quote #1

It’s a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters Picture Quote #1

I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them writing and being directors, the rest of us are not going to know the whole story Picture Quote #1

With ‘Bright Star’ and with ‘The Piano,’ too, I felt a kind of sadness about it being in such a different era, because of my lack of experience with the era. And one of the ways I’d get over it is to remind myself that every film, even if it’s contemporary, creates its own world Picture Quote #1

One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the ‘fantasy woman’ is. What we learn in movies directed by women is what real women are about. I don’t think that men see things wrong and women right, just that we do see things differently Picture Quote #1

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Eight years ago, I was drawn into Keats’s world by Andrew Motion’s biography. Soon I was reading back and forth between Keats’s letters and his poems. The letters were fresh, intimate and irreverent, as though he were present and speaking. The Keats spell went very deep for me Picture Quote #1

I don’t belong to any clubs, and I dislike club mentality of any kind, even feminism - although I do relate to the purpose and point of feminism. More in the work of older feminists, really, like Germaine Greer Picture Quote #1

I had this spooky psychological thing about ‘The Piano’ before it began, which was how everybody was going to go nuts on the set. Because a film tends to set up the way people are going to behave Picture Quote #1

I seem to have been able to make a career out of doing what I feel like doing, so why not keep doing it? What’s corrupting is wanting to be more important. You want to be more arty - you get your identity from that. Or you get your identity out of making more money Picture Quote #1

I’ve had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from ‘The Piano,’ the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on - the goal is to keep alive Picture Quote #1

It’s been such a deep and amazing journey for me, getting close to John Keats, and also I love Shelley and Byron. I mean, the thing about the Romantic poets is that they’ve got the epitaph of romantic posthumously. They all died really young, and Keats, the youngest of them all Picture Quote #1

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There’s no artist in this world that doesn’t enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats can redeem them, in their fantasy or imagination, in the future. I think Keats’ poem ‘Endymion’ is a really difficult poem, and I’m not surprised that a lot of people pulled it apart in a way Picture Quote #1

This is the first generation to grow up on Thatcher - it’s a different ethos. It’s money minded, and it’s the cult of yourself. Now that’s fine, except when it falls down, and you can’t achieve your goals - through high unemployment, through the fact that you probably need inherited money to get anywhere Picture Quote #1

I did this Super-8 film at art school called ‘Tissues,’ this black comedy about a family whose father has been arrested for child molestation. I was absolutely thrilled by every inch of it, and would throw my projector in the back of my car and show it to anybody who would watch it Picture Quote #1

I took four years off after ‘In the Cut’ because I wanted to see who I’d be without work. I even tried being a hermit in the wilderness in New Zealand. I stayed in a warden’s hut two-and-a-half hours off the Routeburn Track through the fjords on the South Island. It was early winter, so there was no electricity or running water Picture Quote #1

There was a big drive when I was at art school to make you aware of the economy of meaning - after all, this was still during the tail end of minimalism. Being responsible for everything you put in your picture, and being able to defend it. Keeping everything clear around you so you know what is operating. To open the wound and keep it clean Picture Quote #1

When I read Andrew Motion’s biography, I wept. It’s something about the purity of the story and how fresh it was because of the love letters Keats wrote Picture Quote #1

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My musical knowledge is so bad it’s embarrassing. When composers discuss music with someone as primitive as myself, they have to talk about it in terms of senses and emotion, rather than keys and tempo Picture Quote #1

It’s harder being a woman director because on the whole women don’t have husbands or boyfriends who are willing to be wives Picture Quote #1

A message I’ve been telling myself: the cinema is very conservative, and unless you have a story that satisfies you, that is within the unchallenging zone, but you love it, you can’t do it as cinema. Otherwise, you better go do it for television, which is more daring now Picture Quote #1

But I think it’s quite clear in my work that my orientation isn’t political or doesn’t come out of modern politics Picture Quote #1

I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it’s not part of a sensible way of living. It’s a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. I treasure it in the sense that I believe it’s a path of great courage. It can also be the path of the foolhardy and the compulsive Picture Quote #1

As for how criticism of Keats’ poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I’ll leave that for others to decide Picture Quote #1

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I think this is interesting, us human creatures are capable of love, and it’s a very powerful emotion. It also can go awfully wrong Picture Quote #1

When you first fall in love it’s so thrilling, you can’t wait to throw yourself away and make this new wonderful twosome Picture Quote #1

I think feature film can be quite conservative, because you have to now get audiences to come out, and it’s quite a hard thing to do. Of course, television can be conservative too Picture Quote #1

The Piano Lesson’ is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I’ve attempted. It’s the first film I’ve written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative Picture Quote #1

And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it’s just been so worth the effort. It’s like I’m planting a garden in my head Picture Quote #1

But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What’s appealing is that you don’t have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem Picture Quote #1

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I think I made good movies (Jane Campion Quotes) There is a different kind of vulnerability when a woman is directing (Jane Campion Quotes) It’s a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters (Jane Campion Quotes) I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them writing and being directors, the rest of us are not going to know the whole story (Jane Campion Quotes) With ‘Bright Star’ and with ‘The Piano,’ too, I felt a kind of sadness about it being in such a different era, because of my lack of experience with the era. And one of the ways I’d get over it is to remind myself that every film, even if it’s contemporary, creates its own world (Jane Campion Quotes) One of the things we learn in movies directed by men is what the ‘fantasy woman’ is. What we learn in movies directed by women is what real women are about. I don’t think that men see things wrong and women right, just that we do see things differently (Jane Campion Quotes) Eight years ago, I was drawn into Keats’s world by Andrew Motion’s biography. Soon I was reading back and forth between Keats’s letters and his poems. The letters were fresh, intimate and irreverent, as though he were present and speaking. The Keats spell went very deep for me (Jane Campion Quotes) I don’t belong to any clubs, and I dislike club mentality of any kind, even feminism - although I do relate to the purpose and point of feminism. More in the work of older feminists, really, like Germaine Greer (Jane Campion Quotes) I had this spooky psychological thing about ‘The Piano’ before it began, which was how everybody was going to go nuts on the set. Because a film tends to set up the way people are going to behave (Jane Campion Quotes) I seem to have been able to make a career out of doing what I feel like doing, so why not keep doing it? What’s corrupting is wanting to be more important. You want to be more arty - you get your identity from that. Or you get your identity out of making more money (Jane Campion Quotes) I’ve had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from ‘The Piano,’ the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on - the goal is to keep alive (Jane Campion Quotes) It’s been such a deep and amazing journey for me, getting close to John Keats, and also I love Shelley and Byron. I mean, the thing about the Romantic poets is that they’ve got the epitaph of romantic posthumously. They all died really young, and Keats, the youngest of them all (Jane Campion Quotes) There’s no artist in this world that doesn’t enjoy the dream that if they have bad reviews now, the story of Keats can redeem them, in their fantasy or imagination, in the future. I think Keats’ poem ‘Endymion’ is a really difficult poem, and I’m not surprised that a lot of people pulled it apart in a way (Jane Campion Quotes) This is the first generation to grow up on Thatcher - it’s a different ethos. It’s money minded, and it’s the cult of yourself. Now that’s fine, except when it falls down, and you can’t achieve your goals - through high unemployment, through the fact that you probably need inherited money to get anywhere (Jane Campion Quotes) I did this Super-8 film at art school called ‘Tissues,’ this black comedy about a family whose father has been arrested for child molestation. I was absolutely thrilled by every inch of it, and would throw my projector in the back of my car and show it to anybody who would watch it (Jane Campion Quotes) I took four years off after ‘In the Cut’ because I wanted to see who I’d be without work. I even tried being a hermit in the wilderness in New Zealand. I stayed in a warden’s hut two-and-a-half hours off the Routeburn Track through the fjords on the South Island. It was early winter, so there was no electricity or running water (Jane Campion Quotes) There was a big drive when I was at art school to make you aware of the economy of meaning - after all, this was still during the tail end of minimalism. Being responsible for everything you put in your picture, and being able to defend it. Keeping everything clear around you so you know what is operating. To open the wound and keep it clean (Jane Campion Quotes) When I read Andrew Motion’s biography, I wept. It’s something about the purity of the story and how fresh it was because of the love letters Keats wrote (Jane Campion Quotes) My musical knowledge is so bad it’s embarrassing. When composers discuss music with someone as primitive as myself, they have to talk about it in terms of senses and emotion, rather than keys and tempo. (Jane Campion Quotes) It’s harder being a woman director because on the whole women don’t have husbands or boyfriends who are willing to be wives (Jane Campion Quotes) A message I’ve been telling myself: the cinema is very conservative, and unless you have a story that satisfies you, that is within the unchallenging zone, but you love it, you can’t do it as cinema. Otherwise, you better go do it for television, which is more daring now. (Jane Campion Quotes) But I think it’s quite clear in my work that my orientation isn’t political or doesn’t come out of modern politics. (Jane Campion Quotes) I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it’s not part of a sensible way of living. It’s a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. I treasure it in the sense that I believe it’s a path of great courage. It can also be the path of the foolhardy and the compulsive. (Jane Campion Quotes) As for how criticism of Keats’ poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I’ll leave that for others to decide. (Jane Campion Quotes) I think this is interesting, us human creatures are capable of love, and it’s a very powerful emotion. It also can go awfully wrong. (Jane Campion Quotes) When you first fall in love it’s so thrilling, you can’t wait to throw yourself away and make this new wonderful twosome. (Jane Campion Quotes) I think feature film can be quite conservative, because you have to now get audiences to come out, and it’s quite a hard thing to do. Of course, television can be conservative too. (Jane Campion Quotes) The Piano Lesson’ is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I’ve attempted. It’s the first film I’ve written that has a proper story, and it was a big struggle for me to write. It meant I had to admit the power of narrative. (Jane Campion Quotes) And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it’s just been so worth the effort. It’s like I’m planting a garden in my head. (Jane Campion Quotes) But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What’s appealing is that you don’t have as much responsibility for storytelling and plot. They can be more like a portrait, or a poem (Jane Campion Quotes)

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