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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here. Quentin Tarantino
Truth Saying You Few Secrets Tell Inside Voice Writer Reveal Little Should Here
Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies to pay for my pool. When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it. Quentin Tarantino
God Religion Me Pool Pay Enough Everything Would Like Make Die Where Want Movie Patron Movies Lucky Position
The mindset that I have on every project I take on is, 'How do I make this interesting enough for me to want to stop and look at it?' So in that regard, what I do behind the camera, whether it's still or motion picture, is the same. Aaron Ruell
Me Picture Every Enough Project Mindset Take Look Make How Motion Motion Picture Still Camera Same Behind Stop Want Regard Whether Interesting
With the work that I do as a director, I've got dialogue, camera movement, and character blocking to help create a tone to the piece. In photography, those elements are somewhat void so that tone becomes a bit more subtle but still equally important. Aaron Ruell
Work Character Director Photography Important Bit Those More Somewhat Void Piece Equally Becomes Got Still Dialogue Blocking Camera Movement Subtle Create Help Elements Tone
I feel as if I've been fairly successful with maintaining a cohesive tone between the work I make as a photographer and as a director. Aaron Ruell
Work Director Photographer Feel Between Maintaining Make Fairly Been Successful Tone Cohesive
There are a lot of hardcore 'Napoleon' fans, and they do the research and find photos of what I look like when I'm not 'Kip-ified.' Those fans recognize me. It happens maybe once a week, where someone will come up to me and be, like, 'Dude, you're Kip.' And I'm, like, 'Yeah, my name's Aaron.' Aaron Ruell
Me You Fans Will Research Once Once A Week Those Recognize Find Photos Someone Week Name Come Like Look Napoleon Dude Yeah Lot Up Maybe Where Happens Hardcore
I don't want to do the nerdy, goofy guy again. That was really fitting for the 'Napoleon' world, but that's kind of where I want it to stay. Aaron Ruell
World Kind Stay Nerdy Guy Goofy Napoleon Fitting Where Want Again Really
Being an actor really, really strengthens me as a director. There's just a certain type of understanding that comes from having been there and knowing how much is really being asked of actors that helps me. Aaron Ruell
Me Director Understanding Type Having Knowing How How Much Been Just Being Asked Much Really Certain Helps Actor Strengthens
In the total darkness, poetry is still there, and it is there for you. Abbas Kiarostami
You Darkness Total Poetry Still
Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time. Abbas Kiarostami
Life Time You Cinema Opportunity Gives Both Same Same Time Whereas Cannot Grandparent
I feel like a tree. A tree doesn't feel a duty to start doing something about the earth from which it comes. A tree just has to bear fruit, and leaves and blossoms. It doesn't feel grateful to the earth. Abbas Kiarostami
Fruit Grateful Duty Tree Earth About Something Bear Feel Like Leaves Doing Blossoms Just Which Start
The calling of art is to extract us from our daily reality, to bring us to a hidden truth that's difficult to access - to a level that's not material but spiritual. Abbas Kiarostami
Truth Art Daily Spiritual Reality Difficult Extract Our Hidden Calling Access Material Us Level Bring
The world is my workshop. It is not my home. Abbas Kiarostami
Home World Workshop
The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free. Abbas Kiarostami
Day Will Free Out Run Iran Petrol
To me, AIDS is an international epidemic and every country can be affected by it. Therefore, it can be discussed on an international level. Unfortunately, AIDS doesn't require a visa. Abbas Kiarostami
Me Country Every AIDS Visa Affected Discussed Unfortunately Epidemic Require International Therefore International Level Level
I have no advice for anyone on how to live. Abbas Kiarostami
Advice Live How Anyone
From my very first movie, what was my concentration, my inspiration, was I didn't want to narrate something, I didn't want to tell a story. I wanted to show something, I wanted for them to make their own story from what they were seeing. Abbas Kiarostami
First Own Tell Seeing Something Inspiration Concentration Make Were Very Want Movie Wanted Story Them Show
Digital photography is, by definition, unfinished. You don't feel that after every 24 or 36 shots you have to change your film - you know you can go on for ever if you want. You can see the result immediately, and find out if your original idea is worth going on with or not, whether it can be corrected, whether it can be improved. Abbas Kiarostami
You Change Photography Unfinished Worth Result Digital Every Immediately Corrected Definition Out Find See Idea Feel Know Go Improved Going Want After Whether Shots Your Original Original Idea Film Ever
I think violence can never be justified. Abbas Kiarostami
Think Never Justified Violence
There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience. Abbas Kiarostami
Life Real Life Would Never Attract Audience Real Impose Just Film Violence
All the different nations in the world, despite their differences of appearance and religion and language and way of life, still have one thing in common, and that is what's inside of all of us. If we X-rayed the insides of different human beings, we wouldn't be able to tell from those X-rays what the person's language or background or race is. Abbas Kiarostami
Life Religion World Language Differences Despite Way Background Those Tell One Thing Inside Able Still Person Human Common Nations Different Human Beings Race Us Beings Appearance Thing
I think I really produce my best work in Iran. Abbas Kiarostami
Work Best Think Best Work Iran Produce Really
I never reflect or convey that which I have not experienced myself. Abbas Kiarostami
Myself Reflect Never Experienced Which Convey
I spend a lot of time doing carpentry. Sometimes there is nothing that gives me the contentment that sawing a piece of wood does. Abbas Kiarostami
Time Me Sometimes Contentment Nothing Spend Carpentry Gives Piece Does Doing Lot Wood
Everybody knows that I am not usually patient enough to actually sit down and watch one of my own films from the beginning to the end - I never do. Abbas Kiarostami
Beginning Sit Own Patient Down Films Enough Everybody My Own Never Knows Am End Actually Watch
I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality. Abbas Kiarostami
Beautiful Technically Films Say How Impressed Any Watch
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