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“As I get more confident as a filmmaker, I don't need to prepare so much in advance. I can trust that I and my team can come up with a solution.”

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David Mackenzie

David Mackenzie, born on May 10, 1966, is a renowned Scottish film director. His works are known for their profound social insight and unique narrative style, with notable films including 'Life of Pi'. more

“There's been an amazing backlash for the last decade in America: political correctness. In many ways, I think that, while we've been remarkably violent in our media, there's been a real schizophrenia. In private, on the Internet, and on public-affairs shows or talk radio, we're way more explicit than we've ever been. But traditional Hollywood has been much more frightened than it ever was in the '70s about presenting things that could be perceived as politically incorrect.”

“I've always believed in populating my films with characters who we like, who we have some warmth for, who have warmth for each other, who we would like to hang out with, who we emulate in one way or another. It's not that they all get along, or that there aren't bad people or people we make fun of. But at the core, there's a kind of sweetness.”

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Author:Ivan Reitman

“When you're working with movie stars, part of the deal is that, if they have something to say, you'd better listen. You don't have to absolutely listen and not talk, but there is another creative force at work, and to be successful working with movie stars, you have to bring that force to work for you. You have to find something that's comfortable for them, and at the same time, that's in the parameters of what you're trying to do yourself.”

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Author:Ivan Reitman

“If you want to be a stand-up comedian or an artist, you move to New York.”

Ifs Want Moving Artist New York Comedian Stand Up Comedian

Author:T. J. Miller

“The computer is designed to mimic reality. And in an animated world, in my perspective, that's the worst thing to do. I want people to walk into a movie theater and be transported to a different world.”

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Author:Genndy Tartakovsky

“Whenever you're doing two things at once, you're compromising them both.”

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Author:Genndy Tartakovsky

“Haven't you felt a peculiar sort of worry about the chair in your living room that no one sits in?”

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Book:Vintage Baker

Source: Vintage Baker

“Once you play something, then you get 20 more of those. So I've tried to avoid getting stuck. I try to take roles that are the opposite of the last thing I did as much as I can.”

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Author:Terry Kinney

“I think good storytelling continues to teach you how it unfolds. And so I don't think that film and stage are mutually exclusive at all. It's just that you're always in a wide shot.”

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Author:Terry Kinney

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