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Joshua Leonard

(1975) Actor United States

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Joshua Leonard is an actor from the United States, best known for The relation of children of Christian professors to the church.

Quick Facts About Joshua Leonard

Born: June 17, 1975
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: The relation of children of Christian professors to the church
Spouse: Alison Pill

About Joshua Leonard

Joshua Granville Leonard is an American actor, producer, writer, and director, known for his role in The Blair Witch Project (1999). He has since starred in films such as Madhouse (2004), The Shaggy Dog (2006), Higher Ground (2011), The Motel Life (2012), Snake and Mongoose (2013), If I Stay (2014), The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014), 6 Years (2015), and Unsane (2018).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Joshua Leonard

Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche.

Behinds

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Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense…

Cinema

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Mike and Heather and I rapped once or twice in New York and then we all wound up on a train together…

About

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Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.

Joy

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In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies…

Character

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I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.

Control freak

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I've done almost 20 films and I still worry about not finding the next one.

Cinema

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Actors are such an insecure breed.

Actors

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I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was…

Blair

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The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I…

Books

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I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience.

Audience

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I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human…

Empathy

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We ended up with 19 hours of footage and had to narrow it down to an hour and a half. Our instructions…

Came

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We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared.

Consciousness

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Sony could have $50 million and a sound stage and A-list actors and never make the same film. The constraints on this…

Actor

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I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be…

Folks

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