When I auditioned actors I never make them act. I choose a long symphony, then I tell them to sit down and I play the symphony for them. Then I sit and I look at them. I always pick a… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
I don't think the concept of "directing actors" exists in the sense that if you get what you order from an actor you'll always get bad acting. Every actor is scared just like a regular person. — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
As my films are born at the moment when they are reflected into another person's mind and memories, there are no misconceptions. I totally… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
When I make a documentary I shoot very little but I hang around with my camera for a long time. I look at the… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
I had worked in fiction a lot before I started making documentaries, but when I was around 32 or 33-years-old I suddenly got so… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
I went to England when I was 13-years=old and then I went again when I was 14. When I went for the second time… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
In all my documentaries I did all the camera work, but in fiction I didn't want to do it myself. I think the machinery… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
When I auditioned actors I never make them act. I choose a long symphony, then I tell them to sit down and I play… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
At 13 I was someone that didn't have a personality yet. It's a fascinating period in a human life. It's so exciting because you… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
Every documentary is subjective. It's a total lie to say there are objective documentaries. — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
I think that too often we, film directors, think that a big epic novel and feature film are the same. It's a lie. A… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
This is going to sound crazy, especially in America where there is a total inflation of the word "love," but in a sense you have to love the people in front of the camera. There has to be trust between the one who is behind the camera and the people on the other side, so that they can relax. They… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share
I went to film school when I was 17, and of course when you are very young you think that there is nothing else in the world except film. At some point I started getting hungry to see something else. For five years I didn't make any films, I was traveling around the world, writing for newspapers, working in theater,… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share
We exaggerate the difference between documentary and fiction. I think that on some level a fiction film is also a documentary on the actors.… — Pirjo Honkasalo Copy Share Image
