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I am very concerned about our national heritage, and I am very concerned that the films that I watched when I was young and the films that I watched throughout my life are preserved, so that my children can see them.

I asked my media teacher, "You can make films out of sequence?" and he was like "Yeah! You can do whatever you want." I just started to write because I was fed up of not seeing the stories that I wanted, so I was like "Stop moaning and write something.

I asked a director once what the secret of it all was, and he said you have to be so prepared that you are willing to throw all your preparation away in the moment when you see something better. That's a phenomenal piece of advice. It's been my compass through the process of making films. But you can really only do that if you're prepared. You can't wing it.

I appreciate film actors who respect the film making process.

I became a documentary filmmaker because I wanted to make socially conscious films. I never studied filmmaking - everything I have learned has been on the field.

I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.

I basically just make films that interest me. And I don't want to make the same film twice, you know? But I've never found a franchise, so... I guess I'm lot poorer because of that, but... what astonishes me is that, at my age, I can still find things that interest me. And that's tremendous.

I became addicted to the movie-going experience in the 1970s, when I attended multiple screenings of films such as 'Chinatown', 'Jaws', 'Star Wars' and the original 'Rocky'.

I became interested in film as a viewer when I was a teenager. I would spend entire afternoons in an arthouse theater in downtown Santiago. I didn't really expect to be a filmmaker back then. But it was clearly an interest.

I became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.

I believe that every director's films reflect their lifestyle.

I believe, the Japanese film industry must be open.

I came out of independent film, that's my roots. I used my independent film as a laboratory, and used what I could discover in that laboratory.

I came out of independent film, that's my roots.

I can cry at the drop of a hat. I've always found that easier than laughing in films.

I came up with more money, took all the footage, got a great editor and made this film [Dream of Life]. But I really didn't go into it with the intention of making a movie.

I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

I can honestly say I've never chosen a film because where it's shot is convenient.

I can multitask very well. But I know exactly when to block off anything coming in from the outside and just stay focused on the film.

I can not watch either of the "Paranormal" films alone.

I can say, hands down, 'Annapolis' is the most challenging film I've ever taken on.

I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film.

I can't always be making "British films". Why should we be making films about corsets and horses and girls learning to drive when Americans send over an event movie and make five or 10 million?

I can't do the same movies all my life. I'm conscious of that. But it's a trade-off. 'Dear John' allowed me to do movies I've wanted to do. You learn to balance it out. I'm still learning. Only now am I getting to do the kinds of movies that I have wanted to do. So it's a steady climb. You don't jump into a Soderbergh film.

I can't even remember not wanting to go to film school.

I can't let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film

I can't make a film that I don't feel comfortable with.

I can't say I've ever finished a film and been particularly thrilled with myself or patted myself on the back. And maybe that's what keeps me going, and that's a good thing. It speaks volumes about how I perceive myself.

I can't impress people with the pedigree of obscure French filmmakers that got me into film. It was Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. I really thought I wanted to make dumb action movies.

I can wait for film projects without having to do things to live.

I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?

I can't think of any one film that improved on a good novel, but I can think of many good films that came from very bad novels.

I categorically resist this idea that films are supposed to be autobiographical and the only stories you tell are about your own life.

I care about cinema even though I haven't made many films.

I collect fantasy swords, replicas from films, and have them displayed on the wall as you go up the stairs.

I come from a culture where you don't divide it up to what you can do on TV and what you can do on film.

I come from a background of independent films.

Iceland is fascinating; really an amazing place to visit, and great for a film to go there.

I come from a family where my father is a filmmaker and professor of film.

I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.

I consider all my films experiments.

I consider myself a novice film actor.

I could have made a small film and kept all the money from 'Life is Beautiful'. Instead, I spent more money than I had on 'Pinocchio', a very risky film.

I could be equally happy on a film set or in the middle of a field.

I could never have conceived that I would ever get to work in a Truffaut film. It was astonishing to me, and still is. I felt like an old pro, but it was still so unexpected.

I couldn't imagine a better place [Australia] for making a film on the end of the world.

I couldn't see my father's films because they were restricted and we didn't have videos or DVDs back then.

I could not do the film Spinal Tap because I was already at MTV and it was occupying all my time.

I'd be lying if I said I had confidence in every choice I've made, that I have faith in every film I do on every shot.

I cry at films and TV and even adverts.