Film Quotes by Daniel Espinosa

8 Film quotes by Daniel Espinosa

Daniel Espinosa offers a handful of concise reflections on movies, each statement a quick window into his storytelling mindset. These eight snippets serve as a concise entry point for his film thoughts.

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I think the movie industry is a hard industry, but it is not that hard to be allowed to do what you…

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In editing, you really face what the movie is. When you shoot it, you have this illusion that you're making the masterpieces…

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Think about Medusa, with the snakes. If you shoot a movie in Europe, the financiers are three snakes, and they all have…

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If you create a movie that is only character driven, with a weak plot, then you - as a director, you have…

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I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.

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I looked at early movies with Robert Redford, and I like how Robert, even though he had that automatic charisma and was…

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When I make a movie, I completely dive into it and I can't really take anything in at all, at that time.

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I think a lot of directors nowadays come from the commercial world, which is about seduction, which has nothing to do with…

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I run a fast pace on my sets, man. I like the energy of the scene to be the energy on the set. I…

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