Sarah Polley Quotes

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• Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and…
• My mom died of cancer when I was really young. I'm not someone who tries to work out their own stuff with a role, but…
• I want my world to get bigger and not end up in a small corner.
• I was concerned about that, because I've always been so specific about doing independent films, but I've never done anything that's so genuinely and ridiculously…
• I always look for an intense experience, an intense ride. There is nothing better than a good zombie movie where you run crazy and blow…
• So I decided to make a film about our need to tell stories, to own our stories, to understand them, and to have them heard.
• Being a human being is all about experiencing all of the wonders of the world and therefore as an actress, I'm open to any opportunity…
• I still feel that a movie has to attempt to say something - even if it fails miserably. But I've sort of given up on…
• AIDS is a global problem and there should be a global solution found by the entire international community. It is really scary to see and…
• There is no point trying to figure out who is guilty or not at un-balancing the planet. I think we need to figure out and…
• Well, because Dawn of the Dead can take place anywhere and it shows that actually the entire planet is contaminated, I would say that it…
• I enjoy doing my more intimate and less commercial pictures and also I enjoy directing.
• I think that we need to get along together if we want to survive in the twenty-first century.
• Plus, doing a zombie movie is quite liberating. It's fun not to take myself seriously all the time.
• I do tend to take time off. A year and a half ago I went to film school, and before that I had taken years…
• It's not that I don't want to become famous or that I'm obsessed by my work as an actress, but it's all about not limiting…
• I think it’s a universal thing in every family, that people have their own specific versions of pivotal events or even small memories,
• I'm never sure what's coming next, but I'm an open minded person and I welcome any challenge.
• Playing roles that are intense and damaged has always come more easily to me than doing comedies or lighter stuff - that would be taking…
• So it's conceivable I'll do something insane, or more insane than Dawn of the Dead. If that's possible.

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