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"I think any filmmaker will tell you when they wandered from theater to theater to watch their prints, it was disheartening to see the poor levels of light and the disrespect for films that existed in certain theater chains. It was always inconsistent."
"I am a pathetic and gushing Nick Hornby fan, and I wanted to be in High Fidelity, and I wanted to be in About A Boy, and those two directors - one who's a dear friend, and one who has never cast me in anything, despite my pleading... So there was another Nick Hornby script going around being cast by a friend of mine, and she said, "There's a very small role in it, but you'd be right for it." I was like "I don't care how small, I'm going to be in this Nick Hornby film.""
"I'm on record as having said "I've done this amazing movie - The Sixth Sense - that no one is going to see." And then it stayed in the top 10 American films for about six months. So don't ask me. I'm the most disastrous PR and marketing predictor."
"You're always nervous about how a film lands with an audience."
"I love the art form, but working in film can be a disheartening experience."
"If someone is going to talk about the process of making a film, it should be the director."
"I'd done "Gosford Park," a film that Julian Fellowes had written that Robert Altman directed."
"I feel as though I would be delighted to come back into working in the film world, and working in the theater world again. I'm just gonna see what happens."
"A lot of times when I've been offered film series and stuff, if they shoot in Los Angeles, I lose interest."
"There's a lot of films I've done I don't ever wanna see again."
"If I had only one film in the world to save, it would be 'Grand Illusion.'"
"The fact that audiences have come away moved, excited, entertained and stimulated by the film is extraordinarily flattering."
"The good thing about a film, or at least the films I've been a part of, is, no matter what happens in the end, you do the premiere and everyone's excited. You don't remember the rough times."
"I grew up in the indie world and that's what I'm used to, but there's something really incredible about having money behind a film and having the time to do as many takes as you want."
"There is an incredible film, 42. It's the incredible story of Jackie Robinson. I have extolled the virtues of this movie to everyone I meet. I've given quotes to everyone I talk to."
"I have always tried to make profitable films because people's offices shut down if films fail, and I will do everything to avoid that."
"I enjoy making films, but my heart is in the stage. Every night you have to be on. There's no second take."
"Now I have begun to get interested in films and I just hope that people start becoming interested in me to do more films."
"Documentary has been a way for me to establish myself as a filmmaker. It's my way of proving that I have a language, that I can say something through film."
"Film can be exciting, but more often, it's tedious."
