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Paul Morrissey
Paul Morrissey
American Director
Born: Feb 23, 1938
Actor Always Andy Good People You
Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
You can't have the real thing on camera - that's the nature of cinema. When you see people like Daniel Day-Lewis and Ralph Fiennes screaming and hyperventilating, you're seeing the phoniest kind of bad acting. You may as well have a 'men at work' sign. It's not acting if you can see it. Paul Morrissey
Work Nature You People Cinema Men Ralph Daniel Sign Kind Bad Bad Acting See Seeing Like Well Real Camera May Screaming Real Thing Acting Thing
Nico was peculiar. She was extraordinary. Paul Morrissey
Extraordinary She Peculiar
If a person is in front of a camera, they're acting. It's not possible to live in front of a camera. Paul Morrissey
Live Possible Camera Person Front Acting
A good conservative is someone with an open mind. Paul Morrissey
Good Conservative Mind Someone Open Open Mind
I think it's absurd to believe that movies should look like paintings and say something like serious books say something. Paul Morrissey
Believe Think Books Say Something Absurd Like Look Movies Should Paintings Serious
Rome has New York's formlessness, aimlessness, a kind of hard-boiled sophistication, blase about everything. In their filmmaking, too, the Italians have this tongue-in-cheek sense of comedy. Paul Morrissey
Comedy Sense Too Everything Kind About New Sophistication Italians York Rome Tongue-In-Cheek Filmmaking
I like the idea of stepping back into another time period. Paul Morrissey
Time Back Idea Stepping Like Period Another Another Time Time Period
Andy was a character, and the two of us did have some things in common. We appreciated funny things, didn't like serious things. Paul Morrissey
Funny Character Funny Things Andy Some Some Things Like Did Common Us Serious Things Two Appreciated
I've always been an independent producer. I'd kind of like to be hired help for a change. I don't mind that. Paul Morrissey
Change Mind Independent Kind Like Always Hired Been Producer Help
I never wanted to be anything special. I just wanted to make films. Paul Morrissey
Films Never Make Just Wanted Anything Special
Most of the time, I leave the camera on the obvious special effects, like the rubber bodies, so that it become obvious they're not real. Paul Morrissey
Time Become Like Most Obvious Real Leave Camera Effects Bodies Special Special Effects Rubber
Andy always thought that films would be where we'd make money. Paul Morrissey
Money Thought Films Would Would-Be Andy Make Always Where
Andy was not a hippie or rebel but more like a mischievous child. He was never out to destroy everything. He became a New Yorker, and New Yorkers know, like the media, what's going on around them is a fashion thing that will change to something else. Paul Morrissey
Fashion Change Will Else Everything Destroy Out Andy Something Something Else More Mischievous Never He New Like Know Became Around Hippie Child Yorker Going New Yorker New Yorkers Them Rebel Media Thing
I adore jokes. They're a theatrical contrivance, but the irony of all fiction is that you approach reality by avoiding it a bit; you spoof it a bit. Paul Morrissey
You Jokes Reality Approach Bit Adore Spoof Irony Fiction Theatrical Avoiding
So many things go on in life that never find their way into the movies because so much of it is unappealing. But that's what I want to show. Paul Morrissey
Life Way Find Never Because Go Want Movies Much Show Many Things
I'm not against censorship in principle. Not at all. Some things should be censored. Paul Morrissey
Censorship Some Some Things Principle Censored Against Should Things
I'm not anti-Hollywood; not at all. In fact, I'm rather fascinated by everything that goes on here. When I get hold of a copy of 'Variety,' I read it cover to cover; I love to know what people are doing. Paul Morrissey
Love People Everything Rather Variety Fact Know Read Doing Cover Get Goes In Fact Hold Fascinated Here Copy
We are always getting photos and publicity from people who want to act in Andy's movies. We always throw them away. They don't seem to realize that the last thing we'd put into a movie is an actor. Because all the other movies use actors. Paul Morrissey
People Other Andy Photos Seem Throw Put Because Always Getting Want Movie Movies Them Realize Act Use Who Actor Publicity Away Thing Last
I did say to myself one day, 'I'd love to be a Jewish comedian,' but that's my only memory with any connection to show business. Paul Morrissey
Love Myself Day Business Memory Say One Day Only Comedian Did Any Show Show Business Connection Jewish
I love Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton, but not Charlie Chaplin. Paul Morrissey
Love Chaplin Fatty Charlie Charlie Chaplin Keaton Buster
I've been the movie business for over 50 years, and I've done everything imaginable that could be done or ever was done by anybody. Paul Morrissey
Business Everything Could Over Been Years Done Anybody Movie Movie Business Ever Imaginable
None of my films are comparable to anybody else's. So many years after I made them, nobody's been able to copy them. Paul Morrissey
Made Films Else Able Nobody None Been Years So Many Years Anybody After Them Many Comparable Copy

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