"Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero."
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"I'd like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and they don't have misconceptions - they understand. I believe that."
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"My films are therapy for my debilitating depression. In institutions people weave baskets. I make films."
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"I was in the school plays, I did a lot of music. I carried on through university for short films and loads of plays."
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"I felt little awkward about taking one boyfriend to see a film starring another boyfriend."
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"When you're making a film you're thinking about how to tell the story visually."
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"There's no other way but struggling, forging ahead to do the film."
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"I love films. I love fiction films, too. I do. I love making them, but it has to be the right one. Hopefully, I'll never become a director for hire. It's horrible to make a film that you're not really interested in."
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"You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of admissions. I abandoned many stories because of that. But I don't get too down about it. It's something I accepted from the time I decided to work in films."
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"If you wanna do a film where you have a big scope, you've got to make your characters relatable and genuine."
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"Nothing regarding man is ever inhuman. That's why I make films, not iceboxes."
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"I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was Glory."
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"The script is simply a series of notes for the film."
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"After watching films of Jim Brown, I noticed that he never ran out of bounds. He always ran North and South and that's what I turned my style into. I was a North and South runner."
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"Filmmaking is a difficult process. There are the logistics of making a film. You have to do your part, and then change the entire thing around to do someone else's part. A lot of the magic is lost, in between that, and you have to figure out how to get it back."
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"Seeing what the film becomes, out of your hands - you never know, you know? I'm always rather anxious. It's not like in theater when you are more in control. You're more - not a puppet, but you don't control it. You don't own it."
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"There are films that I don't like, and then someone will come up to me and say it's their favorite movie. The movies belong to the people. You make them and you put them out. For me, I love the process of making films. For me, my favorite film is always my next one."
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"One good thing about acting in film is that it's good therapy."
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"Once you finish a film, it doesn't belong to you anymore - it belongs to the audience to interpret it the way they feel like interpreting."
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"I could be the driver - the Uber guy saying, "I used to be in films years ago... .""
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