I'm all for streaming, and I do think it's thrilling that a gazillion people can see our film the day it drops. On the other hand, I'm a fierce believer of the theatergoing experience. My hope would be that films… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
The occupied territories and the movement of settlements - moving people today off of their property and claiming it - is illegal. — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters. — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
I love the idea of documentaries. I love seeing documentaries, and I love making them. Documentaries are incredibly easy to shoot. The ease with… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
I get creeped out by Francis Bacon's paintings, and I can't say exactly why. They're all really disturbing, and there is an almost nimbus-like… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
Extraordinary people are the Green Berets and the Navy Seals and the Olympic athletes - these are the ones who can face these extraordinary… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
In early 1983, Gary Goetzman and I went to see my favorite band, the Talking Heads, at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
Everything I've made - it doesn't mean they've all been good - but everything I've made so far, big or little, fiction or documentary,… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
