Quotes by Directors

I still like the idea of having an intimate experience with a movie, but I love watching stuff on my iPad. It's close, and I feel like I'm a part of it, so maybe that makes more sense in some cases. Catherine Hardwicke

Sometimes, you don't realize that something is actually a sidetrack for the story, or it takes the tension out of a scene. Catherine Hardwicke

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Obviously, 'Twilight' had its own alchemy that was amazing, just phenomenal. Nobody thought it was going to make any money. Paramount wouldn't make the movie. Fox wouldn't make it. Nobody wanted to do it. Catherine Hardwicke

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I think at any age, you can stay open and creative and excited. Catherine Hardwicke

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I respect all the teenagers I work with and feel that everything they have to say is just as valuable as anything I have to say. Catherine Hardwicke

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I hope I haven't grown up. The cliche for all artists is that you don't want to lose that child inside. I think when you get sedentary and set in your ways, you can lose a lot of that spontaneity and creativity. I hope I'm holding on to that. Catherine Hardwicke

There are some moments where you're so depressed, you cannot see the way, and you're like, 'Whatever. Bite me.' I think all directors feel that way sometimes. Catherine Hardwicke

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So many images are saying to girls, 'Show a lot of skin and look gorgeous and sexy.' Catherine Hardwicke

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I've had meetings where there were literally, like, 12 angry men in a room and me. And even when everyone shot me down, I somehow dug in one more time. Catherine Hardwicke

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You're fearless when you're a kid. Catherine Hardwicke

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What does 'dating' mean? I don't know. I couldn't say. Catherine Hardwicke

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You have a big success, and it's still not easy to make a movie. Catherine Hardwicke

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When you're in a creative flow with somebody - and I had this back in architecture school - you're just so passionate about what you're doing, and if that other person is just as passionate, you'll be madly in love with them. It's just that thrill of creating. Catherine Hardwicke

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I realized that my mother was at the center of my work, because now that my mother is no longer there, there's nobody left. Chantal Akerman

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I'm Jewish. That's all. So I am in exile all the time. Wherever we go, we are in exile. Even in Israel, we are in exile. Chantal Akerman

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I am a woman, and I am Jewish; I'm a film-maker, and I'm a writer, so you cannot just put me in one box. Chantal Akerman

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