“The money I try and earn is for my family. It's not for me. It's always about my family.” Quote by Robbie Fowler
“I went to film school at UT Austin. I learned a lot and that school's good for puking up all your bad movies early and quick. But ultimately, no one can teach you to be an artist.” SchoolFilmArtistTeachFilm SchoolAustinBad Movies Author:Jay Duplass
“Modern, not bottom-dwelling literature like a carp.” LiteratureModernBottomDwellingCarp Author:Joe Wright
“I went to comprehensive school in North London and left without any qualifications [diploma]. And I was doing bits of acting and improv in a drama club in the evenings. Then I discovered you didn't need qualifications to go to art school, you just needed a body of work.” NeedsArtBodySchoolLeftBitsActingNeededDramaClubsLondonEveningComprehensiveQualificationsArt SchoolDiplomaDrama Club Author:Joe Wright
“I worked hard, but I was lucky the right people happened to see my work.” PeopleHardHappenedLucky Author:Joe Wright
“I think that people are still trying to understand each other and overcome prejudices. And people are still, most important, loving each other. And that is today as it was yesterday and will be for another 200 years.” PeopleThinkingTryingYearsStillsImportantTodayOvercomingPrejudiceYesterday Author:Joe Wright
“I like the idea of challenging Hollywood on its own turf. It's important to do that.” ImportantIdeasChallengesHollywoodTurf Author:Bruno Dumont
“Good and evil are polar concepts - one can't exist without the other.” EvilConceptsGood And Evil Author:Bruno Dumont
“My thinking was that today's spectator is so well-versed in film language that all theories about suspense, as argued by Dreyer and Hitchcock, on what makes you scared in cinema, can be ditched. It's the spectator, finally, who's going to construct the menace and the fear.” ThinkingWellsTodayFilmLanguageTheoryScaredSuspenseCinemaConstructsSpectatorsMenaceHitchcock Author:Bruno Dumont
“The more elaborate your narrative, the more the spectator shuts up and listens obediently. And if the filmmaker keeps quiet, the spectator will himself project his own assumptions and sentiments onto the screen.” IfsQuietProjectsScreensNarrativeFilmmakerAssumptionSentimentsShut UpSpectators Author:Bruno Dumont
“There's a longstanding myth about the United States that is still very prevalent in Europe [despite recent developments]. Historically the "America" of this myth is an incredible human adventure and an experiment in political democracy. But at the same time, or so we're told, it's the land of extremes where the worst can happen.” HumansStillsStatesHappensAmericaPoliticalUnitedUnited StatesDemocracyLandWorstAdventureDevelopmentEuropeIncrediblesExtremesMythExperimentsDespite Author:Bruno Dumont