"I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language."
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"There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance."
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"I think we're lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we're doing."
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"I'm trying to use the camera to get into people's heads. I use camera techniques a lot to articulate character."
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"A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it."
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"The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through."
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"I've had a love affair with every movie I've ever done."
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"Mum was the matriarch and the patriarch of the family."
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"I have a short attention span."
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"The world is sick of big IT things that don't work."
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"Research is what drives me. When I get a script, I go to the real world and touch the real people."
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"The real world is where I get to educate and entertain myself. I go and touch the real world and touch real people. That's my way into movies."
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"Making a movie is like a marathon, and commercials are like sprints - they're equally satisfying, but in different ways."
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"Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England."
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"I make a movie because it's something that inspires me."
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"Out of the total of 11 movies, I got slammed."
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"I love shooting with real things in the real world. I think it gives a level of drama, performance, and everything seems to rise to the occasion."
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"With every movie I do and every day I go to work, my goal is not just to reach for difference, but also figure out how to look at world and characters in a different way."
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"Shooting in real-life situations helps actors because they're competing against the noise and the wind. Out of that comes things that shift and change, in terms of tone, but not in terms of re-honing the whole sequence."
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"I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently."
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