"I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in……" — Brian De Palma
"I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures"
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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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I just let the work speak for itself. An actor is not afraid to take risks; to put on different…
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A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
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