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Valerie Faris

(1958) Film Director

19 quotes in 90 categories

Valerie Faris is a film director.

Quick Facts About Valerie Faris

Born: October 20, 1958
Profession: Film Director

About Valerie Faris

[Wikidata] American film director and producer... | [Wikipedia] Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris are two American directors and producers for films and music videos. They started their career directing videos for such artists as Red Hot Chili Peppers, R.E.M. and the Smashing Pumpkins. Together they directed the films Little Miss Sunshine (2006), Ruby Sparks (20

Quotes by Valerie Faris

'Ruby Sparks' has been sold like a romcom in the States. But we never saw it like that.

Been

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I love it when I see somebody else make a great film. I think there is a great supportive film community, even…

Community

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I love small films, and I love films being seen in a theater. I love film, and unfortunately, that's being phased out.

Being

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One of the great things about shooting in Los Angeles is you have access to all these great performers. We love working…

Great

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I don't watch 'MTV'. Our sons watch 'Jersey Shore' sometimes. I walk through the room, and I get disgusted, and I leave,…

Hard

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If we don't have the actors, or you get the sense that some of the other people involved in making the movie…

Direction

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The American dream tells you that you'll have success if you work hard enough, and we have some concerns about that fallacy.…

American

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We were alive during the 'Battle of the Sexes', but that story hadn't really been told.

Alive

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There's something about somebody's first screenplay: it's like their whole life experience has kind of been bottled into it. They bring so…

Experience

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I think of music videos as commercials for songs.

I think

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There's an amazing movie called 'Los Angeles Plays Itself.'

Amazing

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It's hard to get the right elements together, get the right cast, get them at the time you need them, get the…

Budget

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Our marriage has survived because we do things we love.

Because

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When you study a character, when you're making a film, you want to understand the character: like, what makes them tick?

Character

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Some scripts you feel like everything is precious.

Everything

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Like 'TRL' was kind of fun - Oh, there's a new video!

Fun

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I like being able to talk about work while we're making dinner. I'd rather discuss it at that moment while it's fresh.

Being

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Comedy writing is the hardest, and yet there's so much that's relatable in it.

Comedy

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We had a couple of films that, in the course of working on them, the budget shrank to the point where we…

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