--- title: "1 Look Films Quotes By James Ivory" description: "1 Look Films quotes by James Ivory. Plus more from James Ivory and more Look Films sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/james-ivory-11660_back_a-lot-of-directors-don-t-bother-to-go-ba_1358583.jpg" --- > [A lot of directors don't bother to go back and look at their films, but I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/a-lot-of-directors-don-t-bother-to-go-back-and-look-at-their-films/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/james-ivory-11660_back_a-lot-of-directors-don-t-bother-to-go-ba_1358583.jpg) ## More by James Ivory > [I just read an article about how young American males feel uncomfortable appearing naked in front of each other in locker rooms. That was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/i-just-read-an-article-about-how-young-american-males-feel/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [The conscious decision, early on, was that I was going to live in New York. That was it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/the-conscious-decision-early-on-was-that-i-was-going-to-live-in-new/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [My 22-minute film, which I called 'The Sword and the Flute', turned out to be a romantic film about India made by someone who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/my-22-minute-film-which-i-called-the-sword-and-the-flute-turned-out/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [Love is the absolute basis of my career.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/love-is-the-absolute-basis-of-my-career/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [You can't go back and change everything because it is incredibly expensive to do. You just have to learn to live with your mistakes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/you-can-t-go-back-and-change-everything-because-it-is-incredibly/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [It's always a matter of convincing the insurance people. They seem to think that after a certain age, you're just going to fall over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/it-s-always-a-matter-of-convincing-the-insurance-people-they-seem-to/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [There's a cabin in Oregon I go to, which belonged to my parents. It's never been winterized. It's not a place you want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/there-s-a-cabin-in-oregon-i-go-to-which-belonged-to-my-parents-it-s/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [A director must be patient and unflappable. I think I was always pretty relaxed. I don't find shooting as traumatic as some directors do.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/a-director-must-be-patient-and-unflappable-i-think-i-was-always/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [My father did think I should get interested in television. But I had very little interest in television and it wasn't something I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/my-father-did-think-i-should-get-interested-in-television-but-i-had/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [I can tell you that when Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, our writer, when she would work on some of these grander novels like, say, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/i-can-tell-you-that-when-ruth-prawer-jhabvala-our-writer-when-she/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [In India, I tried never to show enthusiasm for the things I wanted most, but instead to focus it falsely on something showy, ask…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/in-india-i-tried-never-to-show-enthusiasm-for-the-things-i-wanted/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [It's important to see the work of as many directors as possible but you must not become self-conscious. You have to accept that your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/it-s-important-to-see-the-work-of-as-many-directors-as-possible-but/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [Most of my films are set in an upper-middle-class world of well-off people who may have all kinds of emotional problems, but they live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/most-of-my-films-are-set-in-an-upper-middle-class-world-of-well-off/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [One of the challenges in writing the script Call Me by Your Name was that I had to find something concrete for the professor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/one-of-the-challenges-in-writing-the-script-call-me-by-your-name-was/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) > [You can't make up Timothee Chalamet to look, say, 40. That would be terrible!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/you-can-t-make-up-timothee-chalamet-to-look-say-40-that-would-be/) [James Ivory](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-ivory/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/look-films/james-ivory/#itemlist", "name": "1 Look Films Quotes By James Ivory", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A lot of directors don't bother to go back and look at their films, but I do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Ivory" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-ivory/a-lot-of-directors-don-t-bother-to-go-back-and-look-at-their-films/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/james-ivory-11660_back_a-lot-of-directors-don-t-bother-to-go-ba_1358583.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/james-ivory-11660_back_a-lot-of-directors-don-t-bother-to-go-ba_1358583.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/james-ivory-11660_back_a-lot-of-directors-don-t-bother-to-go-ba_1358583.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A lot of directors don't bother to go back and look at their films, but I do.” — James Ivory", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/look-films/james-ivory/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/look-films/james-ivory/", "name": "Look Films Quotes by James Ivory", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/look-films/james-ivory/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/894/james-ivory-11660_back_a-lot-of-directors-don-t-bother-to-go-ba_1358583.jpg" }, "description": "1 Look Films quotes by James Ivory. 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