“It's important for me to play women who can overcome adversity, make change, and take control of their lives. I think it's a great time for women in TV and film in general, and I want to help tell these stories.” ThinkingWantImportantPlayHelpingStoriesFilmTvsOvercomingAdversityOvercoming AdversityGreat TimesTake Control Author:Beth Riesgraf
“Yeah, unfortunately [ films like Miss Julie are a dying breed]. And that is sad, because we need these. Like we need books, we need classical music, we need ballet, we need opera, to remind us really of who we are and why we are, and we need in movie houses - even to be in a movie - where you sit and see not only excitement and man-hero, woman-hero, you need quietly, just like that Hawking movie we talked about, to know how people overcome.” PeopleKnowsMenNeedsBookFilmHouseKnow HowDyingMissingHeroOvercomingYeahExcitementWho We AreBalletOperaClassical MusicMiss Julie Author:Liv Ullmann
“I didn't like university life much at Bologna. The subjects I studied - economics and business administration - didn't interest me. I wanted to make films. I was glad when I was graduated. Yet it's odd; on graduation day, I was overcome with a terrible sadness. I realized that my youth was over and now the struggle had begun.” WantedFilmInterestStruggleSadnessSubjectsYouthTerribleEconomicsOvercomingUniversityI RealizedGladAdministrationOddGraduation DayBolognaBusiness Administration Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“Once, a French journalist told me that all my films are the same. I said, 'Excuse me? I work hard to make them different.' What she meant was that in my films there is a character that faces insurmountable odds, and they overcome them. But I thought that might be true, but you need certain factors for drama, and you need to overcome them.” NeedsSaidDifferentHardCharacterMightFilmFacesCertainHard WorkDramaOvercomingExcuseFactorsBeing TrueJournalistOddsExcuse MeInsurmountableInsurmountable Odds Author:Danny Boyle
“I've picked passion-driven businesses where I create a concept, or produce a film, from scratch. You have to be tenacious to overcome the constant objections.” FilmOvercoming Author:Hanan Kattan
“But with the right kind of coaching and determination you can accomplish anything and the biggest accomplishment that I feel I got from the film was overcoming that fear.” FeelsKindFilmDeterminationOvercomingAccomplishAccomplishmentCoaching Author:Reese Witherspoon
“The angel said, "I like black-and-white films more than color because they're more artificial. You have to work harder to overcome your disbelief. It's sort of like prayer.” SaidFilmBlackPrayerWhiteColorAngelOvercomingHarderArtificialBlack And WhiteDisbeliefWork Harder Book:The Ghost in Love: A Novel Source: The Ghost in Love: A Novel
“I'm not saying that there weren't other inherent problems with the score that couldn't have been overcome with a bit of remixing, but why did they ask me to do it, and why did Griffin ask me to do it this way, for a film that had nothing to do with American vernacular?” WayHas BeensProblemFilmAsksBitsOvercomingAsk MeScoreInherentVernacular Author:Michael Nyman