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Alison Owen

English Producer

Born: Feb 18, 1961

Death Good People Will Would You

Related authors: Aaron Sorkin David O. Selznick Gene Roddenberry Jimmy Iovine Robert Wise Samuel Goldwyn Shonda Rhimes Suge Knight

The Internet is a container, not a substance. Alison Owen

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If I'm at home, I get up around 7:30. If I have time, I like to do some exercise. My current favourite is 'hot' yoga. If I'm filming, I will go to the office or set, and then take meetings. Alison Owen

I went to University College London and read English literature, then realised if you were interested in story and narrative, film was the way to go. Alison Owen

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I was a little punk rocker and was pregnant with Sarah when I went to university. I had her in the Christmas holidays of the first term. It was 1979, and UCL was very proud of its reputation as a liberal university, so they were very helpful. Alison Owen

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Really, I am entirely material driven. If a project appeals to me, I will try to find the right writer and director. And that may be someone I've worked with before, or it may not. It may be a woman, or it may not. Alison Owen

Me Director Woman Try Will Before Project Find Someone Entirely Writer Driven Material Am May Worked Really Appeals Right

With 'Suffragette,' I felt that a female writer would be good, and considering the subject matter, who would be better to write the script than Abi Morgan? She was the first choice, and she happens to be a woman. Alison Owen

People didn't suddenly wake up one morning and unanimously say 'I'm fed up with midbudget dramas. I'm only going to see action tent poles from now on!' Alison Owen

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In a recession, people want to be told for two hours that everything is going to be OK. They want to escape from their humdrum or painful reality into a feel-good drama, or a love story that transcends their daily life. Alison Owen

People in third-world countries are less eager to see movies full of angst over existential problems, and who can blame them. They've got other fish to fry. They'd rather see a few great dance routines and the guy end up with the girl. Alison Owen

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