Adrian Lyne Quotes

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• Their every instinct - and I have to say this is without exception - is to iron out the bumps, and It's always the bumps…
• I was speaking to Ridley Scott the other day and he makes a film every 18 months. He's amazing really.
• Always, with any movie that I do, I have a book of ideas that I've heard, or seen, or whatever, and I always try to…
• Foxes was a movie that didn't do a lot of business but it didn't do too badly critically and eventually they offered me other things.…
• I wanted to make a movie about the arbitrary nature of love.
• I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France.
• I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would…
• I've always been interested in films where you can identify with the actors. Where you can be in their shoes and therefore be more involved…
• It's the sort of subject that always interests me: jealousy and the language of suspicion and guilt. I think it interests people.
• The challenge, really, on any new film is to try to avoid that and achieve a few moments that aren't cliche.
• Well, Brief Encounter is certainly one of my top five favorites of all time. I looked at Brief Encounter very closely, to be honest.
• What I think is interesting is that the more you do, you have to invent a book of rules of what you can do and…
• The danger is that if you have a bunch of ideas that you forget to use.
• Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step.
• If you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back. I think that there are points where…
• Obviously, in dealing with a relationship, sexuality has to be involved, and jealousy and emotions like that. And I don't know, I've always been intrigued…
• So on my screenplay, on the left-hand side of the page, I will put all the ideas that refer to the scene next to it…
• I feel a little schizophrenic because my life is so totally different from here, obviously. And the French values are so different from American values.
• And I think you understand a little bit more why she falls for him. In a way, watching the French do anything is a little…
• Every time I do one I feel like I've never really quite learned anything. I always find that when I'm making a film, I find…

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