Jane Campion Quotes

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• Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still searching for their prince, in…
• Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's…
• I feel that directors at times are like the janitors on the set. I am the secretary, I am the organizer, I am the maid,…
• Because there is that sort of feeling that people don't know what to do with gaps in their lives. It's a scary notion, but actually,…
• But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as…
• I had a daughter who was 9 years old and I had the feeling I wasn't going to be a real parent if I didn't…
• I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part…
• I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them…
• Actual violence has no attraction for me at all.
• As for how criticism of Keats' poetry relates to criticism of my own work, I'll leave that for others to decide.
• But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics.
• I can't imagine people telling me what to do - I just can't imagine it.
• I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry.
• I think I made good movies.
• I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working.
• I think the whole tension about romanticism is the way it builds and builds, and the moment it's consummated, the tension's over.
• I'm someone who loves to play. I make films so I can have fun with the characters.
• If you read Keats's poems, they're often full of doubts and anxieties. They can be quite tough.
• It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters.
• So many actors are not open in front of the camera - they have a persona.

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