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“Film-makers should remain true to their principles and never compromise, there is a real revival in the British film industry but there is a danger that we will become colonial servants of Hollywood. We need to maintain our own integrity.”
Mike Leigh
“Why do a crappy film role when you can do a meaty stage role? and ...I'm not small and curvy and I don't fit the prerequiste for small, passive, sexy chicks.”
Nicole Kidman
“The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional -- the idea. That's what is original to you.”
William Friedkin
“She [Simpson] did great. I didn't know it was her first film till after the first take. She was so composed and spot-on. She looked gorgeous as well obviously, but she's a pro.”
Jessica Simpson
“It was meant for her last film.”
Doris Day
“It's true that watching foreign films is labor-intensive - What they require, in short, is that you be in the mood”
Daphne Merkin
“So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?”
Christina Aguilera
“because in the end we have found that silent films r full of sound”
Jack Johnson
“Fundamentally I feel that there is as much difference between the stage and the films as between a piano and a violin. Normally you can't become a virtuoso in both.”
Ethel Barrymore
“To me, film right now is dormant. It's a sleeping giant. It's the plaything of corporations. The people who determine what American film is today are no different from high rollers who go to Las Vegas. They just want to take all the money and put it on one big number and roll the dice on that number and if it craps out, next number. Next case.”
