"I do like directing other people's material." — Brian De Palma
"I do like directing other people's material."
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Brian De Palma
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32 Quotes by Brian De Palma
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I don't see scary films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.
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It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow
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Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment, and you've got to be…
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That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream, with very strong archetypes operating.…
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The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors…
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Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting thing when a new film…
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However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years
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But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't live in that world anymore
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You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time
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I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue
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I mean, I don't mind promoting a movie, or talking to the press if it's going to be used in…
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When you make a movie outside the system and it's successful critically or a moderate financial success, you usually have…
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More Directing Quotes
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I like directing. It takes a lot out of you, but I'd like to do it again - I just…
— Kevin Bacon
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Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.
— Alan Ball
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There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I…
— Alan Ball
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Acting is just playing the violin in an orchestra. Directing is being the conductor.
— Jason Bateman
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Man is a spiritual intelligence, who has taken flesh with the object of gaining experience in worlds below the spiritual,…
— Annie Besant
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When you're directing something, you absolutely have to be involved in all layers of the process.
— Cate Blanchett
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Directing takes a lot of time.
— Jeff Bridges
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I'm very manipulative towards directors. My theory is that everyone on the set is directing the film, we're all receiving…
— Jeff Bridges
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Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position…
— Albert Brooks
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I had kicked around the idea for Good Eats when I was directing commercials.
— Alton Brown
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Directing television is really hard - it's so fast. You shoot an hour show in seven days.
— Steve Buscemi
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I never had any master plan about directing, and I don't really write.
— Steve Buscemi
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