Film Quotes by Sam Shepard

9 Film quotes by Sam Shepard

Shepard’s lyrical voice surfaces in nine short statements about movies. His blend of poetry and grit offers a quick, evocative glimpse into his cinematic sensibility.

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Film is anti-language.

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Directing feels great; I'm really happy to be doing this.

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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.

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On stage, you're not limited at all because you're free in language: language is the source of the imagination. You can travel…

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I'm not put off so much by first-time directors if the script is great. If the script isn't there, I'm not there.

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You don't have to do anything in the movies. You just sit there. Well, that's not entirely true. You do less.

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The wonderful thing about writing for theatre is you can go anywhere you want with the language. There are no limits. With…

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Film acting is really the trick of doing moments. You rarely do a take that lasts more than 20 seconds. You really…

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On every film, there are producers all over the place, and everyone's got to have an opinion. I think the screenplay is…

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I guess what I like is mostly country & western or else stuff that has a real blues feel to it.

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You can write 16 plays and not make as much money as you did doing one movie.

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It's funny, in a way the actor is a writer. It's not like the two things are so separate as to be like apples…

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Character is an essential tendency. It can be covered up, it can be messed with, it can be screwed around with, but it can't…

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Why would you want to be be counseled in your grief? It's too private.

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Farm country -- you know, hay, horses, cattle. It's the ideal situation for me. I like the physical endeavors that go with the farm…

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I think comedy's harder to pull off on the screen than on the stage, anyway. Tragedy is easier on the screen... oddly enough.

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“Those are the most monotonous fuckin' crickets I ever heard in my life.”

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All good writing comes out of aloneness.

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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.

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I'll develop my own image. I'm an original man. A one and only. I just need some help.

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When I just sit around my house and work, I can work two, three hours, and then I go off and ride a horse…

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Hollywood is geared toward teenage idiocy.

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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.

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Keep away from fantasy. Shake off the image,

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