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> [I did watching my films with an audience at the beginning when we went to Sundance and we screened The Savages there. I watched it, and I was just praying to God it worked, because we weren't even finished. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/i-did-watching-my-films-with-an-audience-at-the-beginning-when-we/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

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## More by Tamara Jenkins

> [Producer Ed Pressman had a book about Diane Arbus - it's the only biography that exists - and there had been many Diane Arbus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/producer-ed-pressman-had-a-book-about-diane-arbus-it-s-the-only/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [I remember in film school, when we made shorts, you'd sit there and screen them with your peers, which has its own flavor, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/i-remember-in-film-school-when-we-made-shorts-you-d-sit-there-and/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [Starting writing is stressful and scary and hard, but also, it's just like going to the gym. You're just stiff and weird, and you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/starting-writing-is-stressful-and-scary-and-hard-but-also-it-s-just/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [Little projects - not feature - film projects - you know, theater things, writing things, and jobs like doing rewriting for money, stuff like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/little-projects-not-feature-film-projects-you-know-theater-things/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [I spent a lot of time on Diane Arbus film, not only writing it, but running around talking through various production issues. All this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/i-spent-a-lot-of-time-on-diane-arbus-film-not-only-writing-it-but/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [Focus group was helpful in the way it always is when you make movies, especially with anything funny. You can find the right edit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/focus-group-was-helpful-in-the-way-it-always-is-when-you-make-movies/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [After the editing room, I go and take a nap. I'm not in the practice of writing, and I feel like I'm flabby, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/after-the-editing-room-i-go-and-take-a-nap-i-m-not-in-the-practice-of/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [In terms of my peer group, nobody's parents were dying of old age. There was no dialogue to have among friends. I had that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/in-terms-of-my-peer-group-nobody-s-parents-were-dying-of-old-age/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [I did watching my films with an audience at the beginning when we went to Sundance and we screened The Savages there. I watched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/i-did-watching-my-films-with-an-audience-at-the-beginning-when-we/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [That's what all these studios do: They recruit people who've seen certain films. It's this weird, fake science-y thing the studios call a "tool."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/that-s-what-all-these-studios-do-they-recruit-people-who-ve-seen/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [I just thought that was so interesting, that people that deal with bodies on a much more corporeal level, like the attendants, had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/i-just-thought-that-was-so-interesting-that-people-that-deal-with/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [Ideally, I'd prefer never having to be in a test-screening environment. Some famous director said "The group is smart, the individuals are stupid," about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/ideally-i-d-prefer-never-having-to-be-in-a-test-screening-environment/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [I had the experience of having my grandmother in a nursing home at the end of her life, and had dementia set in with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/i-had-the-experience-of-having-my-grandmother-in-a-nursing-home-at/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [Writing is so... I don't know, it's such a practice, and I feel very unpracticed in it, because I'm not doing it every day.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/writing-is-so-i-don-t-know-it-s-such-a-practice-and-i-feel-very/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

> [Obviously, once you're finished, you're like, "Okay, I have to make this a movie now, and I need people - bodies to play these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tamara-jenkins/obviously-once-you-re-finished-you-re-like-okay-i-have-to-make-this-a/)

[Tamara Jenkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tamara-jenkins/)

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