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Lisa Cholodenko
American
Director
Born:
Jun 5
,
1964
About
Been
Films
People
Think
You
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I just think self-satisfied people ignore certain signs about other people.
Lisa Cholodenko
People
Signs
Think
Other
About
Just
Certain
Ignore
There's a lot of technology out there to help people have children in different ways, and later in life, for better or worse.
Lisa Cholodenko
Life
Technology
People
Better
Later
Worse
Ways
Out
Lot
Children
Different
Help
Help People
Different Ways
I get asked why there aren't more female directors all the time. I'm kind of reluctant to talk about it. That's not because I think the question is irrelevant or stupid. It's just that there are so many mitigating factors.
Lisa Cholodenko
Time
Stupid
Think
Kind
About
More
Reluctant
Directors
Factors
Talk
Because
Female
Question
Get
Irrelevant
Just
Asked
Many
Why
Making the choice to cast someone in a lead role is a big one. You don't want to squander your opportunity.
Lisa Cholodenko
You
Opportunity
Big
Someone
Cast
Lead
Lead Role
Making
Squander
Role
Big One
Want
Choice
Your
I think invariably when you are dealing with relationships, the films really center on that, and the plot is really born out of that. That's the most core part of a relationship: intimacy, I think, whether it's expressed or not.
Lisa Cholodenko
Relationship
You
Think
Films
Relationships
Intimacy
Out
Plot
Born
Invariably
Part
Most
Dealing
Center
Whether
Really
Expressed
Core
I had a great love affair in high school and let myself have that love affair and tried to keep it to myself.
Lisa Cholodenko
Love
Myself
Great
School
High
Tried
Great Love
High School
Had
Affair
Love Affair
Keep
I've done episodic television and some other things that have been written by other people.
Lisa Cholodenko
People
Other
Television
Some
Written
Been
Done
Episodic
Things
I have enjoyed writing my own stuff, and it's been a privilege to be able to scrap some money together to be able to make films from my own scripts.
Lisa Cholodenko
Together
Writing
Money
Own
Films
Able
Some
My Own
Stuff
Make
Been
Privilege
Scrap
Scripts
Enjoyed
If you write something that's personal, there's going to be elements of yourself in it.
Lisa Cholodenko
You
Yourself
Something
Write
Personal
Going
Elements
Not only does Annette Bening have a really lovely, deep voice, but she's also a great articulator. I think I'm more of a mumbler.
Lisa Cholodenko
Great
Think
More
Only
Voice
Also
She
Does
Lovely
Really
Deep
I don't know if my films are about women in a kind of frolicking - here's a grab bag of women's issues. They are about women of substance with very particular stories.
Lisa Cholodenko
Women
Films
Kind
About
Bag
Particular
Know
Issues
Very
Grab
Substance
Stories
Here
In June 2002, I had just finished 'Laurel Canyon' and decided to move back to Los Angeles after nearly a decade in New York. Post-9/11 New York felt different.
Lisa Cholodenko
Finished
Back
Laurel
Angeles
Had
New
Felt
Los
Los Angeles
June
Decade
York
Move
Just
New York
Different
After
Decided
Canyon
Nearly
I think when you're writing films that just come fresh out of your own imagination - I think probably anyone who's done that, there are certain themes or styles.
Lisa Cholodenko
You
Writing
Own
Think
Imagination
Films
Out
Come
Styles
Fresh
Done
Just
Anyone
Themes
Certain
Your
I was a student at SF State, and I honestly didn't know where I was headed. I thought maybe something in the social sciences. But I happened to be living with a group of people, and one person was a film student. I was always keen on and aware of what she was doing.
Lisa Cholodenko
People
Thought
Group
Living
Honestly
State
Something
Student
Headed
Know
She
Sciences
Always
Doing
Person
Maybe
Where
Happened
Social
Social Sciences
Keen
Film
Aware
I got exposed to art-house cinema and foreign films. I was from L.A., so it was a film culture that I didn't know about.
Lisa Cholodenko
Culture
Cinema
Films
About
Know
Got
Foreign
Exposed
Film
Along my path, I've realized that this comedy/drama balance is something that's really interesting to me, and I feel, like, authentic to my voice.
Lisa Cholodenko
Me
Balance
Path
Something
Voice
Feel
Along
Like
Authentic
Interesting
Realized
Really
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