All actors are protecting something, in their own way, that happens in front of a camera. — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
In my research, all roads led back to Oscar. It's definitely in a way trying to understand the truly English element to… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
The way I sort of approach my work is that the historical and socioeconomic and cultural worlds that the music is exploring… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I think that's what I love about glam-rock. It invited you to participate. It asked you to change yourself in all these… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
My very first movie, 'Mary Poppins,' which I talk about, it just turned me into an obsessive, creative creature who had to… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
Sirkian films really aren't - at least the way I see them, they're not about identification. They don't have voiceover. A lot… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
The ways in which Oscar Wilde was attacking the Romantics that preceded him, and the Romantic ideas that preceded him, were very… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
You gain all of the rights and privileges and respects that are afforded the majority, and that's ultimately what matters for your… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I'm drawn to female characters, not all of them are strong characters. I think I'm drawn to female characters partly because they… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
In male-driven [films], the protagonist is not the person who's necessarily in harms way. There's a sense that they're going to figure… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I know a bit about his [Sirk] life, but it's more about his style than biography. He was European and came out… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
I don't know if I ever entertained an academic career, nor did I ever think I'd become a feature film-maker in the market. — Todd Haynes Copy Share
Feminist theory has left an indelible mark on my own critical—and creative—thinking . . . For me, everything I questioned about what it meant… — Todd Haynes Copy Share
I'm used to always having struggles getting finances together and keeping precarious budgets alive in the independent film world. — Todd Haynes Copy Share
It's funny: I don't feel like I have any particular privileged feeling for the Fifties. — Todd Haynes Copy Share
Looking at photographs of New York in 1952, you find a powerfully pre-Eisenhower era - sagging, tired, distressed - and the palette is slightly dissonant. — Todd Haynes Copy Share
I think many of the ideas that opened up in the '60s got implemented in the '70s and that certain minority voices that were… — Todd Haynes Copy Share
Films like 'The Godfather,' 'Chinatown' and 'The Exorcist' brought a realism and currency and understatement to their genres that we wanted for 'Mildred Pierce.' — Todd Haynes Copy Share
There were interesting ways that queerness could hide out and get played out pre-Stonewall. It is part of a vast history that is getting… — Todd Haynes Copy Share
It's very funny because every time I make a movie, and I've heard this re-echoed by other filmmakers and actors I have worked with,… — Todd Haynes Copy Share
What was so interesting about the glam era was that it was about bisexuality and breaking down the boundaries between gays and straights, breaking… — Todd Haynes Copy Share
My films have often looked at the whole dilemma of identity as a straitjacket for people, for societies, for cultures, for historical moments. — Todd Haynes Copy Share
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