Quotes by Directors

For John Woo, it is quite difficult to make a movie in Hollywood in his own style. Because Hollywood is based on a producer system, it is difficult for a director to express himself using his own style of filmmaking. Alan Mak

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I think all the filmmakers in Hong Kong are influenced by John Woo. Alan Mak

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I really have to say 'thank you' to our fans, because I think it's difficult for European viewers to find and watch Asian movies, and I hope you enjoy our films. Alan Mak

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A great movie evolves when everybody has the same vision in their heads. Alan Parker

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Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with. Alan Parker

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Period recreation is very difficult unless you make a black-and-white movie. Alan Parker

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Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons. Alan Parker

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The films that I do tend to polarise people's views. Alan Parker

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I was once described by one of my critics as an aesthetic fascist. Alan Parker

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I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made. Alan Parker

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I'm me, I live from film to mouth. Alan Rudolph

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There's a very devoted fan base that really loved 'T1' and 'T2' and felt burned by 'T3' and 'T4,' so when we said, 'We're going to do it again!' the reaction was, 'Whoa, whoa, whoa - what do you think you're doing?' Alan Taylor

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I just love drawing on past human cultures; that's a thrill for me. Alan Taylor

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There are all kinds of things evolving in filmmaking I'm not sure I'm comfortable with. A friend of mine just showed me an immersive 360 movie where you move from environment to environment and can look in any direction you want while you're experiencing it. Which is cool - but it kills directing, as far as I'm concerned. Alan Taylor

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The weird thing is, 'Game of Thrones,' people go to Iceland for three weeks, and it'd be like a small guerilla operation. 'Thor,' we went there for, like, five days, because we couldn't afford to be there any longer, because we were airlifting the entire contents of Hollywood into this country. Alan Taylor

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I used to play with model trains when I was a kid, and then I used to study history. Alan Taylor

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When I was going to film school, before film school, my hero was David Lynch. Alan Taylor

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'Game of Thrones' was the first fantasy thing I've done, and like a lot of people who enjoy the show watching it, I didn't expect to respond to that world, but when I started doing it, I really started to love it, started to realize that some of the things I'm naturally drawn to. Alan Taylor

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