"The best times I had on film sets were the times the director let me express myself, but those were rare."
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"Everybody said I was good, but being known and not having a big film success is almost tougher than being completely new. It just kind of turned my life around and was definitely a highlight."
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"I'm a New Wave baby, so I got very stimulated by foreign film."
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"I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense."
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"The more experience I get, the more I know to relax and let go of things because there's so much that is out of your control. So much needs to happen to get a film made nowadays and star power doesn't even matter anymore. So, me being what I am, I have to realise that to an extent."
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"Whatever I am, I'm not as bad as the person that read the novel before watching the film. I'll enjoy whatever they [producers] are putting in front of me. If they made an attempt to get things right, then I'll criticize them for what they got wrong. If they made no attempt to get things right, and yet they stumble on something that's right, I'll comment on what they got right."
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"I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing."
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"There's no point in making a film out of a great book. The book's already great. What's the point?"
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"I always try to stay objective, and to remove myself from the process and look at the film again."
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"My knowledge of horror films is pathetic because I can't really watch them."
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"On film, you can't do it over again. And you do have to stop shooting at a certain point."
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"I can not watch either of the "Paranormal" films alone."
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"The only distinction I'd make is between film and telly, I guess. "Film," "movies," and "cinema" are all synonyms as far as I'm concerned; but telly is different. It's just a plodding we've-done-this-scene, we've-done-that-scene and it never becomes this new other thing."
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"I really like the George Clooney of Solaris also filmed by Andrei Tarkovsky, before Steven Soderbergh: that's very obviously sci-fi, and it seems to me a great film. But whatever pigeon-hole you put Stalker into you would both be increasing the risk of disappointing people and diminishing the film."
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"To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'"
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"I realized I probably wouldn't make another film that cuts through commercial and creative things like 'Godfather' or 'Apocalypse.'"
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"I've been blessed with enough wealth that I can make a film myself up to a certain budget. So one way I thought I would reinvent myself was just to make these very small, personal films that I've financed myself."
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"We knew exactly what we wanted in each other. And even so, it ended. One day it stopped, as if the film simply slipped off the reel."
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"It was a small room with dim light coming in the window, reminiscent of old Polish films."
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"Rather than making that a good project, I like to make the kinds of films that children can understand in five minutes what the film is about."
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