“I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.” PeopleWayTryingFilmSkinsEars Author:Julia Leigh
“I prefer theater, but I love to do films, and I prefer theater primarily because I've done more. I know less about movies. You can't lie in either medium. The wonderful thing is that the camera, just like an audience, is made out of skin - because celluloid is skin.” KnowsMadeDoneFilmLyingAudienceWonderfulSkinsTheaterCamerasMediumsWonderful ThingsCelluloid Author:Amanda Plummer
“After all, film is so porous, and to my mind, so oddly occult, that I think that film itself absorbs odd energies like a living skin.” ThinkingMindFilmEnergySkinsOddOccult Author:Barbara Steele
“Who can now deny the loss of natural light, of skin tones, of real place, and common but precious things in our movies, to be replaced by the gorgeous imagery of things that have never been and never will be? The most special effect in movies is always the human face when its mind is being changed.” MindHumansRealLightFilmFacesNaturalLossCommonSpecialEffectsChangedHollywoodSkinsDenyToneReplacedGorgeousImagerySpecial EffectsPrecious ThingsHuman FacesNatural LightSkin Tone Author:Edward Jay Epstein
“If you really want your films to say something that you hope is unique, then patience and stamina, thick skin and a kind of stupidity, a mule-like stupidity, is what you really need.” IfsWantNeedsKindFilmUniqueSkinsStupidityThickStaminaMulesThick Skin Author:Terry Gilliam