Film Quotes by Karyn Kusama

Claire Denis's 'Beau Travail' is one of Denis's greatest achievements. One of the most mysterious and beautiful endings in movies.

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Making movies, even though it's a business, is also an art, and sometimes you don't hit the bull's-eye.

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What might the world look like if we took some chances on the film-makers we might be afraid of?

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I am honored and lucky to be one of the first films funded by Gamechanger Films, a consortium of investors who finance…

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I'm ultimately drawn to film many kinds of stories if they are sort of about unlocking the secrets of our human potential.

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For me, there's something about a certain kind of genre film that has real potency in its emotional landscape.

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As bad as some movies can be, good movies are also possible, sometimes through the very heinous corporations we love to trash.

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I'm strong-willed, but that doesn't mean I can't work with people if we're all in the mission of trying to make a…

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Somehow, even though you have less time and less money, the thing about making indie films is somehow you have another kind…

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I'm very interested in dysfunction. I kind of realized in my first film that a character with so much rage that she…

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We have to accept that making movies is a never-ending process of occasional progress, frequent setbacks, and unexpected curveballs being thrown our…

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Reading the script for 'Jennifer's Body,' I just thought that here was a script that really exposes the horror between girls and…

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I don't want to make studio films if I am constantly fighting to assert some kind of leadership within the process. I'm…

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I assumed a business like a film studio would behave like a business and still want to protect its own interests, still…

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The nice thing about movies is that you can sort of steer your audience toward seeing that there's discomfort, but there's also…

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I'd like to be making more films more frequently, but I do find that making movies, for me, has proven to be…

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I'm seeing more and more interesting horror come my way. More and more interesting thrillers and genre films are coming my way…

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I think there are always going to be people who say, even if they are engaged in the movie, they just want…

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I think that there's something about short films that just kind of keeps your muscles sharp.

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If you look at most mainstream filmmaking, to be honest, some of these films aren't even asking questions anymore at all.

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It's pretty gratifying to spend so long to make your first film and then feel like it got a lot of love…

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It's extremely instructive to realize that you cannot do everything. You need to delegate, to find experts, to consult with them. A…

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It is important to know what audiences might expect from their genre movies, but I think it is also important to not…

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For me, I guess I feel like the notion of 'feel good' entertainment... I'm all for it, but I just think you…

— Karyn Kusama