Quotes by Directors

I've always loved the old epics that tell a simple emotional story, whether it's the tumultuous relationship between Rhett and Scarlett or Lawrence of Arabia's passion to get lost in a faraway place. Baz Luhrmann

I am always worried when someone says, 'This is perfect.' Baz Luhrmann

Worried Says Someone Perfect Always Am

Fitzgerald was a modernist. Baz Luhrmann

Fitzgerald Modernist

I mean, '8½' to me is such a great dissertation on the whole, you know, act of filmmaking and creativity. Baz Luhrmann

Great Me You Creativity Dissertation Know Mean Act Whole Filmmaking

I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own. Baz Luhrmann

Own My Own Point Point Of View Always May View Right

In the '80s, everyone wanted to be in opera. It was groovy. Baz Luhrmann

Everyone Opera Wanted Groovy

You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide. Baz Luhrmann

Me You People Think Films Tell Decide Really

When you're in theater or the circus or film - to me it's all one - affairs happen. People fall in love. Baz Luhrmann

Love Me You People Fall Circus Affairs Happen Theater Film

Each January, nearly half a million people visit the small town of Saundatti for ajatre or festival, to be blessed by Yellamma, the Hindu goddess of fertility. Beeban Kidron

People Blessed Half Goddess Visit Small Small Town Town Hindu Fertility Festival January Each Nearly Million Million People

The devadasis have a multilayered story, a story in which poverty, deprivation and injustice against women is central - but what has happened to them is absolutely an outcome of imperialism and the impact of British rule in India. Beeban Kidron

Injustice Women Poverty Rule Outcome India Impact Absolutely Imperialism Happened Story Which Central Against Them Deprivation British

People have a right to have their lives witnessed; if we coexist with the systems that abuse people, then we have a duty to understand. Beeban Kidron

People Duty Systems Abuse Understand Witnessed Then Lives Coexist Right

We are increasingly offered a diet in which sensation, not story, is king. Beeban Kidron

King Increasingly Offered Diet Sensation Story Which

I think I've been very, very lucky in my life, and I do believe in public service. Beeban Kidron

Life Service My Life Believe Think Been Very Public Lucky Public Service

Make films whenever and however you can - don't take no for an answer. Beeban Kidron

You Films Take Make Answer However Whenever

We need to work out who is paying for film; in the U.K., it is increasingly difficult to get production funds - and pre-sales demand more and more shot/cut material. Beeban Kidron

Work Difficult Increasingly Out More More And More Demand Material Get Work Out Production Paying Who Film Funds Need

My children know not to shout before Mummy has warmed herself into something human with her coffee. Beeban Kidron

Coffee Before Herself Something Know Human Children Shout Mummy Her

During my 'difficult teens,' I read about worlds that were mysterious. Beeban Kidron

Difficult Worlds Teens About Mysterious Read Were

The previous generation paved the way for my generation to gallop unheeded into jobs previously reserved for men. Beeban Kidron

Generation Men Way Jobs My Generation Previous Gallop Paved Reserved

If we don't record our own history on the Net, it will disappear. Beeban Kidron

History Will Own Our Record Net Disappear

For most women, Greenham was a place of principle, growth and song. Often joyful, sometimes terrifying, and almost always cold. As it got harder, with constant evictions and mounting violence from a frustrated and humiliated police force, the women got more determined. It was a community with a shared purpose - to live in peace. Beeban Kidron

Peace Women Song Sometimes Police Community Live Humiliated Cold Constant Determined More Purpose Shared Almost Joyful Police Force Most Force Principle Terrifying Always Got Mounting Often Place Frustrated Harder Growth Violence

The devices that our kids use are shipped from the factory with every possible audio, visual or vibration alert switched on. Each new app, website, tweet and message adds another layer of intrusion - each intrusion is cynically designed to get a response, and each response creates an appetite for another intrusion. Beeban Kidron

Website Every Our Adds Kids Possible Response Visual Intrusion Layer Factory New Devices Message Another Audio Shipped Get Vibration Creates Use App Cynically Tweet Each Appetite Switched Designed Alert