Cinema Quote by Mary Harron

“I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre movies function as genre movies.” quote by Mary Harron — Download Open image

“I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre movies function as genre movies.”

Mary Harron

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I'm not trying to make the world a better place.

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The really important people in TV are not the directors; they're the writers.

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They say that depression is anger you turn on yourself, and I think women do that.

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