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“I love, love, love acting, so if you can just go in and play, who could ask for more?”

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Margo Martindale is an American film actress renowned for her exceptional performances in television and film. Born on July 18, 1951, she has won numerous awards throughout her career, including Emmys and Golden Globes. more

“Sometimes you go to a film and well, you are not very concentrated. In reading, you have to concentrate, to spend the time it requires in order to feel the experience of the work. You have to put all of yourself there to experience something new and to feel and perceive an atmosphere that is unprecedented.”

Feels Wells Sometimes Film Order Reading Atmosphere Perceive Something New Unprecedented

Author:Albert Serra

“I want to give meaning to the history of the past, but to do it in real time, as if it were lived. This gives a special touch to my films, because you feel that I didn't have one single idea of the concrete meaning of what I wanted to say or what you have to feel or what you have to think. For me, this is the beauty, to see the past being born in front of you.”

Ifs Thinking Want Giving Feels Ideas Real Wanted Past Film Born Special Fronts Concrete

Author:Albert Serra

“This is the power of images, the ambiguity. You are never completely sure of anything. With written language, it's more concrete. You have to establish some facts, but in movies, you see things happening, and the exact meaning behind the images is more ambiguous.”

Facts Language Behinds Written Happenings Things Happen Concrete Ambiguity Ambiguous Written Language

Author:Albert Serra

“In fact, my methodology is based on the idea of waiting for when inspiration arrives for the actors. And that means that the light, the cinematography, everything has to be ready for that moment, so they don't have to wait.”

Mean Ideas Moments Facts Light Inspiration Actors Waiting Ready That Moment Methodology Cinematography

Author:Albert Serra

“In art, I think it's not useful to be a professional of the profession. It will not give you something new.”

Thinking Giving Art Profession Something New

Author:Albert Serra

“There's the instability of my attitude as an artist, the instability of our perception of the world, and the idea that with this mix, you never know exactly what's the point of view of the filmmaker. This breaks the stability of the belief that a filmmaker is somebody who has a logical relationship with his own material. These elements create this atmosphere that I find more interesting than a normal atmosphere, based only on the characters.”

“We didn't want to live anymore in the old logic. And I like that. The consequence of that is to create the dream of that, but we all know this dream may be not possible. So here we have the key of the ambiguity of the atmosphere of my films. Is it possible, this dream? Is it as funny as it seems, or is it tragic?”

Knows Want May Dream Seems Film Keys Consequence Logic Atmosphere Tragic Ambiguity

Author:Albert Serra

“I like to be challenged. I like rebellion. It adds some richness and some interest to life.”

Interest Add Rebellion Richness

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“Every phase of a film has to go against what was done in the previous one.”

Done Film Phases

Author:Albert Serra

“I am quite a positive man in real life. In fact, even when I have a hard discussion with somebody, it lasts only five minutes. Then I forget. And I forgive everything. But at the same time, as I am such an easygoing guy, to create something more intense, I have to be auto-destructive on the making of a film. And this will guarantee some density.”

Men Real Hard Facts Lasts Film Guy Forget Five Minutes Forgiving Real Life Intense Discussion Guarantees Destructive Five Minutes Density

Author:Albert Serra

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