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Lenny Abrahamson Quotes
Lenny Abrahamson Quotes
Lenny Abrahamson
Irish
Director
Born:
Nov 30
,
1966
Good
Me
People
Think
Work
You
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The title, the name Frank, comes from this extraordinary British character Frank Friedbottom. He was very big in Britain in the '80s, but I, as an Irish kid, saw him on 'Top of the Charts.'
Lenny Abrahamson
Character
Big
Extraordinary
Saw
Top
Frank
Kid
Charts
He
Name
Him
Very
Irish
Title
Britain
British
It's very important to have a good relationship with the crew and cast because you want to get the best out of them. They'll work really hard for you if they like you.
Lenny Abrahamson
Work
Best
Good
Relationship
You
Important
Crew
Out
Good Relationship
Cast
Like
Because
Very
Get
Want
Them
Really
Hard
When you're shooting, there's terrible pressure, and you never switch off. Every day is like the day before an exam; it's relentless.
Lenny Abrahamson
Day
You
Every Day
Pressure
Before
Every
Relentless
Exam
Never
Like
Terrible
Off
Shooting
Switch
The thing about America - it's different everywhere, but visually, it's amazing to shoot in the desert in the New Mexico light. It's really hard to shoot in that desert and make anything look not amazing.
Lenny Abrahamson
Light
Amazing
Everywhere
About
New
Look
Make
New Mexico
Mexico
America
Shoot
Different
Anything
Really
Hard
Desert
Thing
I think that I must be the only person who left California and headed to Dublin in pursuit of a career in film. The arrow is pointing in the other direction in most people's minds.
Lenny Abrahamson
People
Think
Other
Minds
Must
Direction
Only
Pointing
Pursuit
Headed
Most
California
Dublin
Arrow
Left
Person
Who
Film
Career
If you're in Hollywood, with no track record, it's pretty odds-on that you can get swamped and overwhelmed by the sheer scale of it all; particularly with the intense commercial push that you feel there.
Lenny Abrahamson
You
Scale
Record
Pretty
Push
Feel
Particularly
Track
Track Record
Sheer
Commercial
Overwhelmed
Get
Intense
Swamped
Hollywood
There was a golden era in film-making in Hollywood back in the 1970s, and although there is some great independent film-making in America, it's actually very hard to get independent films made in the United States. It's much more feasible from Europe.
Lenny Abrahamson
Great
Made
Films
Back
States
Independent
Independent Films
Some
Feasible
More
Although
Era
Very
America
Get
Golden
Hollywood
Much
Hard
Europe
United
United States
Actually
Film-Making
I wanted to make films that were culturally relevant in my own country, that challenged people, and that people talked about.
Lenny Abrahamson
People
Country
Own
Films
Relevant
About
My Own
Make
Talked
Were
Wanted
Challenged
As a small kid, I had this huge desire to be thought of as really clever.
Lenny Abrahamson
Thought
Clever
Kid
Small
Had
Huge
Really
Desire
I can think back to being four or five and not wanting to sit at the kids' table because I thought it was demeaning. I was this ridiculous little kid.
Lenny Abrahamson
Thought
Sit
Think
Back
Kid
Kids
Table
Demeaning
Because
Five
Being
Wanting
Little
Little Kid
Ridiculous
Four
Although I was really interested in physics, I think I wanted to do it because I thought it was really hard. I did theoretical physics.
Lenny Abrahamson
Physics
Thought
Think
Although
Because
Did
Wanted
Interested
Really
Theoretical
Hard
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