Because Quote by Jiang Wen Download Open image “I turned to historical films because they pass censors more easily.” — Jiang Wen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Because Cinema Easily Historical History More Pass
I choose my films carefully. I have done movies that are sensitive, which deal with some issue and are a mirror of society. — Abhay Deol Copy Share Image
I had always been affected by films, as well, of course - and great films. — Robert Davi Copy Share Image
Popular films are so powerful and compelling that it's often easier to accept their versions of history than the much more complicated true stories. — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
I love that you can watch a film and 10 years later still be affected. — Adepero Oduye Copy Share Image
One of the things I like about doing historical films is drawing the line between now and then. — James Purefoy Copy Share Image
I love films that aren't just speaking to certain moments in the culture but are something that people can revisit. — Hong Chau Copy Share Image
I can think of films that I'm producing right now that are extremely hard-hitting, graphic films, that nobody necessarily wants to see, graphic in… — Aaron Eckhart Copy Share Image
It often disturbs me, when I see a film set in a historical time, that the people are too modern. — Max von Sydow Copy Share Image
When I went to university, I finally got exposed to European films, and they had a strong impact on me. I felt those films… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
All of my consumption of films when I was a child was on VHS. I saw films in the wrong aspect ratio, with mono… — Gareth Evans Copy Share Image
I began to feel that the drama of the truth that is in the moment and in the past is richer and more interesting… — Ken Burns Copy Share Image
I've also shot plenty of films with very small audiences - 'The Sun Also Rises.' I love that film, but I didn't capture the… — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
Changing people's preconceptions is something you have to do in order to search for truth. Of course normally, that's not done because it also… — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
I'm especially keen to work with good scriptwriters on stories we have developed. — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
From 1911 to 1928, the country was officially called Republic of China, but in reality, it was actually split between different warlords. It was… — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
I think that as a director, especially when it comes to writing the script, which I also do, and I'm also the first one… — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
When I meet a good actor, I would like to be a director. When I meet a good director, I would like to be… — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
From now on, I will work with other people's material if it fits where I want to go. — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
Painters who do self-portraits are engaging in a form of narcissism. But it doesn't work like that in movies. A truly narcissistic person wouldn't… — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
I think that as a Chinese person, nobody will forget that in China's history, there was a war against the Japanese. — Jiang Wen Copy Share Image
One is a painter because one wants so-called freedom; one doesn't want to go to the office every morning. — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
There were songs that we cut out after we chose the name, because 'Praise Break' turned out to be an underlying concept that I… — Daniel Caesar Copy Share Image
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
I was also known as Frodo because I was an early adopter of 'The Lord of the Rings. — Tom Perrotta Copy Share Image
I believe in taxation and health care that is outside the usual libertarian mandate, because I don't want people to have to suffer. It's… — Neil Peart Copy Share Image
It's like saying French shouldn't be taught because you don't understand it because it's new. Shakespeare is just like learning a new, exciting language. — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
Whether it was Little League or playing with your brothers or sisters, that was always a problem. If I would lose - because I… — Cal Ripken, Jr Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when full and in fear that I will continue to eat unwanted food just because it's staring at me, I will place my… — Rachel Nichols Copy Share Image
I didn't want to do 'Fashion Police' because I thought, 'This is stupid, this is beneath me, who wants to talk about fashion?' It… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
