“I went to film school when I was 17, and of course when you are very young you think that there is nothing else in the world except film. At some point I started getting hungry to see something else. For five years I didn't make any films, I was traveling around the world, writing for newspapers, working in theater, working in opera, I thought I would never return to film.” ThinkingWorldWritingYearsSchoolFilmYoungCoursesFiveReturnTheaterNewspapersHungryAround The WorldFive YearsOperaFilm School Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“I think that too often we, film directors, think that a big epic novel and feature film are the same. It's a lie. A feature film is much closer to a short story actually.” ThinkingStoriesBigsFilmLyingNovelDirectorsFeaturesShort StoryEpicFilm Directors Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“In all my documentaries I did all the camera work, but in fiction I didn't want to do it myself. I think the machinery is so heavy and demanding that you would leave the actors alone for a long time.” ThinkingWantLongActorsFictionLong TimeCamerasHeavyDocumentariesMachinery Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“We exaggerate the difference between documentary and fiction. I think that on some level a fiction film is also a documentary on the actors. You can't wash away your life's history, which is written on your face, unless you get a facelift.” ThinkingFilmFacesActorsDifferencesLevelsFictionWrittenYour FaceDocumentariesFacelifts Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“When I make a documentary I shoot very little but I hang around with my camera for a long time. I look at the people for a long time through the loop and then when I see something interested then I shoot. I think that I have become very sensitive to these things.” PeopleThinkingLooksLittlesLongLong TimeCamerasSensitiveDocumentariesLoops Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
“I don't think the concept of "directing actors" exists in the sense that if you get what you order from an actor you'll always get bad acting. Every actor is scared just like a regular person.” IfsThinkingPersonsOrderActorsActingConceptsScaredBad ActingDirecting Actors Author:Pirjo Honkasalo
