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title: "1 Important Audience Quotes By Alan J. Pakula"
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> [I am oblique; I think that has to do with my own nature. I like trying to do things which work on many levels, because I think it is terribly important to give an audience a lot of things they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-j-pakula/i-am-oblique-i-think-that-has-to-do-with-my-own-nature-i-like-trying/)

[Alan J. Pakula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-j-pakula/)

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## More by Alan J. Pakula

> [I am oblique; I think that has to do with my own nature. I like trying to do things which work on many levels,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-j-pakula/i-am-oblique-i-think-that-has-to-do-with-my-own-nature-i-like-trying/)

[Alan J. Pakula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-j-pakula/)

> [I've hardly had an avant-garde career ... If you're going to make a film, you have to try to make sure it comes out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-j-pakula/i-ve-hardly-had-an-avant-garde-career-if-you-re-going-to-make-a-film/)

[Alan J. Pakula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-j-pakula/)

> [A man who is in control, and inside there is a frightened child - that interests me. Why? You can draw your own conclusions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-j-pakula/a-man-who-is-in-control-and-inside-there-is-a-frightened-child-that/)

[Alan J. Pakula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-j-pakula/)

> [Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-j-pakula/directors-have-a-tendency-to-use-their-hands-like-orchestra/)

[Alan J. Pakula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-j-pakula/)

> [Some actors come to the set ready to do their parts a certain way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-j-pakula/some-actors-come-to-the-set-ready-to-do-their-parts-a-certain-way/)

[Alan J. Pakula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-j-pakula/)

> [Most of us live in a safe world. We don't have to fight for our values, we don't have to fight for our freedom,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-j-pakula/most-of-us-live-in-a-safe-world-we-don-t-have-to-fight-for-our-values/)

[Alan J. Pakula](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-j-pakula/)

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