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> [I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/i-hadn-t-done-just-a-straight-out-comedy-in-a-long-time-just-letting/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

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## More by Brian De Palma

> [You never can predict things. I knew the movie Peducted would get a reaction, because it's showing a different vision of our soldiers in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/you-never-can-predict-things-i-knew-the-movie-peducted-would-get-a/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have to go back into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/when-you-make-a-movie-outside-the-system-and-it-s-successful/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out of the industry that they don't give the students…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/the-real-trouble-with-film-school-is-that-the-people-teaching-are-so/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/you-know-i-listen-to-contemporary-music-all-the-time/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/well-i-just-think-through-your-career-you-go-through-different-phases/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap its values. But you are sort of restricted visually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/i-ve-dropped-myself-into-straightforward-character-pieces-in-order-to/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [It's always great when you discover someone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/it-s-always-great-when-you-discover-someone/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be able to be in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/well-like-any-time-you-re-shooting-documentary-stuff-you-ve-got-to-be/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these huge multilateral corporations](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/and-we-ve-become-very-doubtful-of-our-information-sources-because/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [If anyone's been around some very long cocaine evenings, there's nothing that's in SCARFACE that we all haven't seen before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/if-anyone-s-been-around-some-very-long-cocaine-evenings-there-s/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/i-hadn-t-done-just-a-straight-out-comedy-in-a-long-time-just-letting/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/i-sometimes-go-for-the-strongest-most-vivid-colour-on-the-palette/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/you-really-are-as-hot-as-your-last-movie-and-it-goes-away-really/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [I do like directing other people's material.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/i-do-like-directing-other-people-s-material/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

> [I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I try to create material that allows me to explore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-de-palma/i-ve-been-obsessed-with-this-kind-of-visual-storytelling-for-quite-a/)

[Brian De Palma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-de-palma/)

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