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Andrew Dominik
Andrew Dominik
New Zealander Director
Born: Oct 7, 1967
Always American Crime Like Saying You
Related authors: Alfred Hitchcock David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony. Andrew Dominik
Sense Having Renowned American Irony
Sometimes you do complete run-throughs of scenes, sometimes you break scenes down into little bits. It just depends on what the actors like to do. It's almost like jamming. Andrew Dominik
You Sometimes Down Complete Bits Scenes Almost Like Just Depends Break Jamming Little Actor
I don't think human beings have changed in 2,000 years. Andrew Dominik
Think Changed Years Human Human Beings Beings
Sometimes you see a movie and you can really feel that it's an actor putting in a performance. Someone said 'cut' and they're back in their trailer having a coffee or getting their hair done. Andrew Dominik
You Sometimes Coffee Hair Back See Someone Having Putting Feel Performance Said Trailer Done Getting Movie Cut Really Actor
A lot of writing's going down dead ends that don't go anywhere. Andrew Dominik
Writing Down Dead Go Lot Going Ends Anywhere
Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesn't have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants. Andrew Dominik
Organization Power Criminal He Obviously Just Anyone Wants Persuade Player
Everybody is always trying to make the best movie they can. It's a process. Andrew Dominik
Best Everybody Make Always Trying Movie Process
Anything that's memorable about a movie is often what a test audience will object to because they're being asked to be experts. They just compare the film they finished watching to all of the other films that they've seen. Andrew Dominik
Will Seen Finished Films Other Memorable Object About Because Audience Test Often Just Being Movie Anything Experts Asked Compare Film Watching
When you ask a bunch of people to see a film, and then invite them to comment on it and tell them it's a work-in-progress, they feel bound to offer an opinion. Andrew Dominik
You People Tell See Feel Bound Invite Opinion Comment Bunch Offer Them Ask Then Film
I really believed Obama when he spoke in 2008, but I remember watching his victory speech after this last election and it was the same speech. Exactly the same speech. I felt like he didn't even believe it anymore. He seemed to be tired of saying the same thing. Andrew Dominik
Saying Tired Remember Victory Election Same Thing Believe Obama Exactly Exactly The Same Seemed He Spoke Like Felt His Same Anymore After Really Even Believed Thing Last Watching Speech
Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world. Andrew Dominik
Confused World Become Masculine Ideals Very Modern Modern World
I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and maybe don't use 12 setups. I'm in awe of people like that; I'm just not that guy. Andrew Dominik
People Brothers Guy Guys Like Lot Very Efficient Shoot Maybe Just Movie Use Who Whole Coen Awe Filmmaker Filmmakers
For me, the movie's always evolving as I'm doing it. I throw things in as we shoot, and I take things out as we go. I want to create a whole life and then select the pieces that best sort of describe it later, you know? So there's a lot of wastage when I make a film. Andrew Dominik
Life Best Me You Later Out Evolving Select Throw Take Know Pieces Make Sort Always Doing Go Lot Shoot Want Movie Then Create Whole Describe Film Things
Once you do something violent in a film, you don't have to do too much. You do it once and the feeling of violence just stays there, do you know what I'm saying? Andrew Dominik
Saying You Too Much Feeling Too Once Stays Something Do You Know Know Just Much Film Violence Violent
Actors have either got to play something that's close to them, or something that's the complete opposite. Andrew Dominik
Complete Complete Opposite Something Got Opposite Close Either Them Actor Play
I read books all the time. I'm just half looking for something to do; I mostly just read for pleasure. Occasionally I stumble across something that could be a movie, but I don't put a book down just because I don't see a movie in it, either. Andrew Dominik
Time Book Stumble Half Looking Down Books Pleasure See Something Could Put Mostly Occasionally Read Because Just Just Because Movie Either Across
I actually don't like westerns much. I like good westerns, but it isn't my preferred genre. There are all kinds of westerns: acid westerns, '70s westerns, Nicholas Ray's neurotic westerns. The ones I tend to like are nutso westerns. Andrew Dominik
Good Kinds Tend Neurotic Ray Like Genre Westerns Acid Preferred Much Actually
There's been about 75 movies about Jesse James, and I've seen about four of them. He's usually portrayed as this plucky rebel who's got no choice but to turn to crime, because the railway's hassling his mother. But he wasn't like that. Andrew Dominik
Mother Crime Seen No Choice About He Like Because Got Been His James Movies Them Turn Choice Rebel Railway Four Portrayed
In Australia, we point out a person's weaknesses as a way of saying 'I see you and I accept you'. If you do that with Americans, they instantly take offence. Andrew Dominik
Saying You Way Out Weaknesses See Point Take Instantly Accept Offence Australia Person American

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