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Only enormously talented people could have made Death to Smoochy . Those with lesser gifts would have lacked the nerve to make a film so bad, so miscalculated, so lacking any connection with any possible audience.

Only six percent of films are made by women. And so in that that paradigm, a woman making a film at all is a political statement. A woman speaking her truth creates a feminist film.

On my fifth film, it was then that I stopped dancing.

On the American side, some of the movies that I watched when I was a kid, like E.T. or The Wizard of Oz, those are films that changed my point of view of what film could be, of what you could do. Those are the ones that I remember were incredible when I was younger.

On the film where I didn't get along with the director, I just decided to not speak to him.

On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn't come naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose but it's not my strength.

On the film sets of 'New Moon' and 'Eclipse,' I feel safe. It's like you're in the center of the hurricane, but outside is where it starts to get chaotic.

On the other hand, you get other films that are spread over a much longer period of time and it's entirely exhausting. But there's always light at the end of the tunnel with a film.

Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.

Other times you can get showy for three minutes, and that's OK with certain films. But that isn't right with an Ang Lee movie, you have to fit right in. You have to understand Ang, respect him and be part of the team and not be in charge of it - he is in charge of it.

Other writers, producers, and directors of low-budget films would often put down the film they were making, saying it was just something to make money with. I never felt that. If I took the assignment, I'd give it my best shot.

Our film industry as well as the audiences are now open to unconventional pairings and subjects, which has aided my journey greatly.

Our music over the years has been very cinematic. It's surprising we never really got into film soundtracks.

Outside of my film work, my advocacy and activism is centered around inter-connection and inter-dependence.

Overall I think the show went well, kudos to Miss Jeanie It was well rounded. From artwork to singing, to spoken word to short films, I think it definitely stimulated the audience's senses.

Pakistan now is like a horror film franchise. You know, it's 'Friday the 13th, Episode 63: The Terrorist from Pakistan.' And each time we hear of Pakistan it's in that context.

Part of my claim to fame is that my first film was also Johnny Cash's first film.

Part of my aspiration as a film actor is to bring subtlety to everything I do - honesty but subtlety.

People have been very resistant to giving me more than the standard amount of money. So I keep making films on a similar scale. Which is fine, but also frustrating.

Part of the film business is, if you want an apple, you buy an apple.

Patti [Smith] was my experiment, to be honest. And the film is what we got out of it. At the end of the day, I learned a lot about how to make a film.

People don't understand that my films is not about being scandalous - it's about being critical of our own society.

People in the fashion industry have used the press a lot more than people in the film industry, because you have nothing to sell except for the image: The image is everything.

Part of the discipline of being an editor is that you have to be a good audience member; your work is to be a surrogate audience member on the films you are working on.

People always seem to see echoes of their own lives in my films.

People ask me, "Why do you love making films?" and I always say, "Because I love film." I hope that I can call myself a movie buff.

People either know Alan Rudolph and love every single one of his films or they don't know him at all.

People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.

People gravitate occasionally to the brilliantly made art low budget films, which is maybe one out of every five hundred low budget films made.

People like my films. They understand me through my films; it's like a connection that has been established between all my work and myself and the audience and the viewer.

People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing: The grass is always greener.

People say, 'Oh, you're famous now, so you must go to L.A.' - I don't live in L.A. now - but it's like, why wouldn't you? The weather is amazing, the film industry's there, it's a great quality of life.

People say you never retire in this [film] business and I say, well, not until they retire you.

People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to.

People say to me, "You make fantastic films" and I say, "No, I make documentaries.

People will now go to films with subtitles, you know. They're not afraid of them. It's one of the upsides of text-messaging and e-mail. Maybe the only good thing to come of it.

People who are good at film have a relationship with the camera.

Personally, I can't stand violence. In any standard American mainstream movie, there's 20 times more violence than in any one of my films, so I don't know why those directors aren't asked why they're such specialists for violence.

Perhaps I am old-fashioned, but black and white films still hold an affectionate place in my heart; they have an incomparable mystique and mood.

Personally making a film solely for the shock value serves no purpose to me.

Phil Ramone and Quincy Jones were very close. Phil Ramone was one of the greatest record producers of all time. I don't know if they talk about him enough in the film, but he produced [Frank] Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, all of Billy Joel, Paul McCartney - Phil Ramone was one of the major record engineers and producers.

Politicians need a film appreciation course.

Pixar films are not realistic. They are believable for the worlds we are creating.

Poetry is a totally different art than film.

Poor decisions and bad luck are contingencies of most horror films.

Playing Fagin in the play and film was a small miracle.

Plenty of bad movies are very successful, and plenty of good movies are not. And distribution is so crazy, some films won't even get their day in court.

Poland and my roots are very important for me. That's why I decided to make a feature film in Poland, and with only Polish money.

Polar Express is not an attempt to do animation. It is a technology-based film.

Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.