"All my films are all my children."
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"I make films as a business, not as a cultural endeavor."
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"Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life."
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"I'd be happy doing anything on a film set."
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"Film acting is one of the only industries where you're criticized for working hard. In any other industry, it's considered a quality and something to behold."
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"I came out of independent film, that's my roots."
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"I came out of independent film, that's my roots. I used my independent film as a laboratory, and used what I could discover in that laboratory."
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"I'm not making films for middle aged journalists, who are mostly men. I make films that hopefully entertain people, where they can learn something about life."
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"I had to go and sing with the musical director of the film, Simon Lee, who is just incredible, and it went great. I sang with him about five things, things we'd worked on. And then I went to sing for Andrew Lloyd Weber."
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"Every film takes on its own life. I find it very interesting to show an audience some part of history that maybe they don't know."
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"I'd love to do a film like 'Chicago.' Something musical because I've obviously come from that background."
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"We were both [ with Russel Crowe] hand-plucked to do [The Quick and the Death]. He had done Romper Stomper and I had done Gilbert Grape and so we were hand- plucked to do this big budget film. So we were both very bright-eyed and bushy-tailed."
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"I like boring black and white films with subtitles. I'm basically a drip."
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"Rarely do I do film press because I'm so low on the food chain of the movie, and for me it's just this thing I did for four weeks before the next tour started."
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"Usually in films, when Muslims pray, it's either before or after they've blown something up."
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"I'm not sure if it's fair to call it a "fairy tale," but I really loved Mulan, the Disney film. It was my favorite. I guess it's not really a fairy tale, but you do get Eddie Murphy as a dragon."
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"Modelling, fashion and film have all encouraged me to learn more about issues and to feel empowered enough to do something about them."
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"As Carrie Fisher once said in a film, everyone thinks they have good taste and a sense of humour."
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"More women have to be in charge of studios, so that they can greenlight films with women."
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"I don't think I have a definitive film. Such a thing is not possible for me."
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