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I don't care where I work. Films are an international business - not an American institution.

I don't consciously seek out Australian projects. I put them on the same table as all the other scripts and I wouldn't ever do a film just because it's been shot at home.

I don't do films because they tell a particular kind of story, I do films with stories that touch me.

I don't do well with modern films, to be honest. Opening credits, and I'm just gone.

I don't dislike everything I do. Especially with a film, you don't have an easy relationship with it when it's done because it's been your life.

I don't feel that fear is a good incentive on a film set.

I don't feel comfortable with violence, and I'm not sure that I film violent scenes properly, and it's something I'm reticent to do, and yet violence is sort of in all of my films.

I don't feel, 'I've made a great film'; I feel I've made what I set out to make.

I don't go to premieres. I attend film openings I'm in, and that's about it. Fame and celebrity doesn't matter to me. The longevity of my career does.

I don't get the romances. I did try - a film called 'Roseanna's Grave' in the 1990s. I liked it. But the audience didn't come.

I don't have any problem working with first-time directors because all directors have to start somewhere and all great directors have had a first film. So, if you take the view that you don't want to work with a first-timer, you might miss out on a fantastic opportunity.

I don't have any sort of calculus in choosing film roles.

I don't have any experience with film schools. I suspect that they're useless, because I've had experience with drama schools, and have found them to be useless.

I don't have a preference between theatre and film; I like to do both. But I will say that there's something about theatre that is more nourishing and sustaining than film ever can be.

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

I don't intentionally make my films with the express goal of surprising the viewer.

I don't know how much a photograph can add to a biography, the way a film or writing or narrative medium could. Because it's a frozen image.

I don't know if I even consider myself a comedian really - I do comedic acting in some films and dramatic in others.

I don't know if my songs fit in films.

I don’t know if you have a child, but what the Chinese government want people to see is like you would want a child to see. Because every film shown in China is one that a child could see.

I don't know if you've ever seen this film called Elite Squad, which, actually Wagner [Moura] is the one narrating that. José Padilha, one of creators of our show, that's where the style comes from. It has a heavy narrator. But I thought about it a lot. You [the viewers] have to work for the show, unless you're bilingual. It's a really aggressive type of filming, it's engaging, you've got to read.

I don't know what my favorite film of mine is... But I think the most important film I was in was Glory.

I don't know that you can do an absurdist film and just have everybody embrace it in terms of filling out cards. I just don't think it happens. So you have to prepare an audience.

I don't know what to do with myself between films. I end up doing unhealthy things like shopping or drinking. I'm pretty schizophrenic about it.

I don't know you could do a whole film about Dr. Okun from Independence Day.

I don't like pretentious films or pretentious people.

I don't like films giving me answers. I like films that are provoking me, that are making me feel not only being in an easy place.

I don't let technology and mechanics hinder me from a good time. During one of a film premiere there was a party in the other room; I needed to get to it, so I got out. I escaped. Sometimes you do what you can, you'll turn on your best John Maclean and get to it.

I don't like alien films where you don't get to see the aliens.

I don't like 3D. I don't believe there is any film that I have seen and loved that would have been improved by a scintilla in 3D. To me, it's just a gimmick.

I don't like to label films with a genre.

I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.

I don't listen to Bollywood music much. But yes I listen to Indian music quite often and other non- film music.

I don't make 'issue' films. I like making films about rebels or pioneers or people that are doing something.

I don't make romantic films. I make films about human relationships.

I don't make a division between an art film and commercial art.

I don't make films about celebrities, are not interested in celebrities. I don't make biographies at all.

I don't mind ratings boards. As a viewer, you have the right not to see a film.

I don't necessarily find superheroes in general, for me, that appealing. I'd much prefer to play, if I was to be cast in a superhero film, I'd prefer to play the villain because there's a reason, there's a motive behind their madness.

I don't necessarily agree with everything I read about my films, but I wouldn't highlight a specific misconception: If people think this or that about myself or my work, they must have their reasons.

I don't necessarily recommend directing your husband or wife in a film, but if you have to do it, you have to do it.

I don't prefer much of film over stage... The only thing I prefer is the paycheck.

I don't really expect much from my life. So when I heard my films are premiering in film festival circuits I was glad of course but I thought it was lucky accident.

I don't put on my best clothes to make a film, my Sunday best.

I don't really watch many heist movies. Actually, I have quite eclectic tastes but I tend to watch just foreign films.

I don't refer to myself as a sculptor, but I use the word "visual artist." I prefer that, because that leaves the medium wide open because I've got ideas for film and video, things I haven't had the time yet to really fully explore, probably never will, but I want to be able to have that option open to kind of do that.

I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.

I don't see a lot of films. I'm quite choosy, but there's certain films that stick out.

I don't think good films have messages.

I don't see a film industry in Germany. They have a great TV culture, but how many German films are really exciting?