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Allison Anders
Allison Anders
American Director
Born: Nov 16, 1954
Me People Think Women Work You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
When I wanted to become a filmmaker, there was nobody for me to look up to. Allison Anders
Me Become Nobody Look Up Wanted Filmmaker
For me, the most exciting thing is that Jane Campion is a woman we can all really look up to. She doesn't have the body of work that some other directors do - no woman director does - but her work is so consistently original, wonderful, masterful. Allison Anders
Work Me Director Woman Wonderful Other Consistently Some Directors Exciting Look Most She Masterful Does Up Jane Really Body Original Her Thing
Let's face it - no matter how independent you are, you still have this nagging need to be desired. Allison Anders
You Matter Face Independent How Still Desired Need
Maybe women sometimes wish that a man would come along and buy them. Allison Anders
Buy Man Women Sometimes Wish Would Along Come Maybe Them
I've been amazed watching people who are not ready with their scripts when they're getting a lot of attention. Allison Anders
People Attention Ready Amazed Been Lot Getting Scripts Who Watching
The women I cast have to embody all sorts of contradictions... I have to find the right woman to speak to other women. Allison Anders
Woman Women Speak Other Embody Find Cast Sort Contradictions Right
Sundance is the only hand that feeds for women directors. Allison Anders
Women Sundance Only Directors Feeds Hand
Box office is one of the strongest tools we have toward preserving our ability to make our movies. We really can make a difference by purchasing a ticket each opening weekend to a movie made by a woman, even if you don't like the movie or the filmmaker and even if you don't see the film. Allison Anders
You Woman Made Preserving Tools Our Purchasing Ability See Strongest Weekend Toward Opening Like Ticket Make Make A Difference Box Box Office Office Difference Movie Movies Really Even Each Film Filmmaker
Trauma creates one of four types of people: victims, rescuers, or perps - and if you're really lucky and really strong and very willing and brave, survivors. Allison Anders
You People Strong Types Willing Very Survivors Brave Victims Really Creates Lucky Trauma Four
Art should never be held above our decency to each other. Allison Anders
Art Decency Other Our Above Never Held Should Each
I love showing off my tattoos. Allison Anders
Love Off Tattoos Showing
It was such a struggle for me to make it off welfare. I was getting $630 a month for myself and my children with no support from their fathers. The rent was $600 a month, and if you got a job, they took it out of your welfare. Allison Anders
Myself Me You Struggle Welfare Job Took Fathers Month Out Support Make Got Rent Off Getting Children Your
I had breast cancer. I caught it early. Allison Anders
Cancer Had Caught Breast Cancer Early
I was a single mom. Allison Anders
Mom Single Single Mom
I had always felt deep down that I owned the characters. Much as I adored and cherished the work of my actors, I felt that they were cast to do and be what I could not physically do or be. Allison Anders
Work Down Characters Cast Physically Adored Could Had Felt Always Cherished Were Owned Much Deep Deep Down Actor
I was a big fan of X. I've probably seen 100 X shows during their time in the late '70s and early '80s. Allison Anders
Time Seen Big Late Big Fan Fan Shows Early
I don't believe you ever get closure on anything. Things leave a permanent mark on you. Allison Anders
You Believe Mark Permanent Leave Get Closure Anything Ever Things
When 'Gas Food Lodging' was released, I had already shot 'Mi Vida Loca.' Allison Anders
Food Released Had Shot Gas
This practice of skinny actresses donning fat suits is essentially the new and acceptable blackface in Hollywood. Allison Anders
Suits Practice New Acceptable Essentially Hollywood Skinny Actress Fat
While we can work hard at improving our health, size is no more in our control than the color of our skin, our ethnicity, or our sexual preference. Allison Anders
Work Health Work Hard Control Skin Our Sexual More Color Than Improving Size While Preference Ethnicity Hard
When you're traumatized, you pick out one thing you remember more than anything else. Allison Anders
You Remember Else Out One Thing More More Than Anything Pick Than Anything Anything Else Traumatized Thing
Unless it's something very clever like 'Memento,' most independent films have a very tough life out there. Allison Anders
Life Tough Clever Films Unless Independent Independent Films Out Memento Something Tough Life Like Most Very
Nothing feels worse than knowing that people didn't see your movie. That they wanted to and the critics loved it but nobody knew where it was because it didn't do what it was supposed to do opening weekend. It used to be that independents were allowed to stay in the theaters, build word of mouth. Allison Anders
People Word Build Mouth Nothing Worse Independents Stay Critics See Weekend Allowed Knew Nobody Feels Opening Supposed Knowing Because Were Than Where Movie Wanted Loved Theaters Word-Of-Mouth Your Used
You end up giving up half your salary every time you make a movie because you need the money to make the movie you have in your head. Allison Anders
Time You Money Giving Giving Up Half Every Every Time Head Make Because Salary End Up Movie Your Need
In the early '90s when the American independent movie started, it held personal vision as a premium. That was brilliant timing. Allison Anders
Vision Brilliant Timing Independent American Personal Movie Held Premium Early Started
The first thing I did for TV was a pilot for CBS. Allison Anders
Pilot First TV First Thing Did The First Thing Thing
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