Griffin Dunne

Documentaries have always inspired me in narrative filmmaking.

— Griffin Dunne

I only got to be able to act, because I gave myself a job as a producer.

— Griffin Dunne

My hunger and desperation, being an actor, an out of work actor - my memory of that is as fresh as an…

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I've always been schizophrenic; I've never been interested in limiting myself.

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If movies are set in New York, they really should be shot in New York.

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On every movie I've done as a director, I look at the producers and having done it, I don't envy them, at…

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I'm in five guilds; that's a lot of dues to pay. So I have to keep on working.

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I came to New York to be an actor and I became a film producer first.

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I'm being told it saves money to shoot in Toronto, because of tax benefits, the crews are cheaper, but what I save…

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It struck me that working digitally with a small crew, I could lay out a general plan for Famous and hope for…

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New York means so much to people. If you're inclined to leave the nest, New York is where most people think they…

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But at the same time, never having final cut before, I really learned an interesting thing for any studio executive who is…

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When you're directing, I feel like I'm playing all the parts, without the make-up. I really get into the heads of the…

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If I knew that, I'd fall in love over and over again. Hearts aren't supposed to be mended. If you fall in…

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I think we were the first picture to cut on Final Cut Pro. So we were the guinea pigs, because we got…

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In the '80s, I can't say that Amy and I were aware of an independent film community. We could only get a…

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I met Steve McQueen once. Well, met isn't really the right word.

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Every movie is wildly different. So many of the problems are the same, but they take on different guises.

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I produced six movies with Amy Robinson since the very early 80s.

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Every time I act in something, I learn something about what the director is doing. One feeds the other.

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I love working with actors. I love to see what they're going to do. There's just something very thrilling and satisfying with…

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As a director, I've been able to combine with what I've learned as an actor and as a producer: it melds quite…

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And I like being able to go back and forth, and I don't really care if it's a small budget or big…

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To see a comedy in an environment where you're surrounded by other people that are laughing is great. That's probably more satisfying…

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Although there was a screenplay, the actors never knew what questions I was going to ask them, and all of my character's…

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But I remember feeling as a producer I felt like the guy who called the caterer and got the band; I had…

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