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Film Quotes by Jane Campion
- But short films are not inferior, just different. I think the short gives a freedom to film-makers. What's appealing is that you don't have as…
- I'm someone who loves to play. I make films so I can have fun with the characters.
- I did this Super-8 film at art school called 'Tissues,' this black comedy about a family whose father has been arrested for child molestation. I…
- With 'Bright Star' and with 'The Piano,' too, I felt a kind of sadness about it being in such a different era, because of my…
- I think that three-act fundamentalism in film culture is a problem sometimes, because it's almost too obvious, or it's too expected. And it's not the…
- I had this spooky psychological thing about 'The Piano' before it began, which was how everybody was going to go nuts on the set. Because…
- I think feature film can be quite conservative, because you have to now get audiences to come out, and it's quite a hard thing to…
- I think women don't grow up with the harsh world of criticism that men grow up with, we are more sensitively treated, and when you…
- I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one, but it feels…
- If you start with a good idea, you can encapsulate it in a phrase and explain it. I like high-concept films. Everyone can get hold…
- The Piano Lesson' is very sophisticated, easily the most adult or complex material I've attempted. It's the first film I've written that has a proper…
More Film Quotes
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- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
- To me, watching a movie is like going to an amusement park. My worst fear is making a film that people don't… — Darren Aronofsky
- I suffer much less than many of my colleagues. I am perfectly able to go to Australia and film within three hours… — David Attenborough
- You see, the interesting thing about books, as opposed, say, to films, is that it's always just one person encountering the book,… — Paul Auster
- I get offers all the time from film makers, but they are unknown quantities. I don't go there and do experiments. — Dan Aykroyd
- I don't use any techniques; I'm not trained to be an actor. I just enjoy working in films. — Amitabh Bachchan
- You don't see Indians in Hollywood films around which a story can revolve. As soon as we have a social presence in… — Amitabh Bachchan
- Actors are hard to photograph because they never want to reveal who they are. You don't know if you're getting a character… — David Bailey
- I have to say I've been lucky in that way in that I've been able to go from different films and different… — Amy Adams
- I probably never would have been hired on Broadway had I not moved out to L.A. and pursued acting and film, which… — Amy Adams
- I have a hard time articulating the emotional experience of working on a film. Even when I have meetings on films or… — Amy Adams