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I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic: Say something once and you don't have to say it again.
Jane Campion
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Jane Campion
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 30
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It's harder being a woman director because on the whole women don't have husbands or boyfriends who are willing to be wives
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Because there is that sort of feeling that people don't know what to do with gaps in their lives. It's a scary notion, but actually, if you can stand in space just for a little while, a new door will open, or you'll be able to see in the dark after a while. You'll adjust.
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There was a big drive when I was at art school to make you aware of the economy of meaning - after all, this was still during the tail end of minimalism. Being responsible for everything you put in your picture, and being able to defend it. Keeping everything clear around you so you know what is operating. To open the wound and keep it clean.
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To deny women directors, as I suspect is happening in the States, is to deny the feminine vision.
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I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry.
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When you first fall in love it's so thrilling, you can't wait to throw yourself away and make this new wonderful twosome.
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What I have learned from my work up to now, is to try to be open, but also protect myself by not letting the good and the evil get too much importance.
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I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working.
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I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population and gave birth to the whole world. Without them the rest [of the world] are not getting to know the whole story.
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If you start with a good idea, you can encapsulate it in a phrase and explain it. I like high-concept films. Everyone can get hold of it. I don't think there's any harm in that at all.
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I did this Super-8 film at art school called Tissues, this black comedy about a family whose father has been arrested for child molestation. I was absolutely thrilled by every inch of it, and would throw my projector in the back of my car and show it to anybody who would watch it.
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And, I mean, I think poetry does need to be met to some extent, especially, I guess, 19th century poetry, and for me, it's just been so worth the effort. It's like I'm planting a garden in my head.
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In some ways Holy Smoke is about people's journey to the heart.
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But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics.
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The Piano ended up on television. Everything ends up there anyway.
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When I read Andrew Motion's biography, I wept. It's something about the purity of the story and how fresh it was because of the love letters Keats wrote.
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I love it when actors come to you with a problem and you have to listen. You'd like them to just get on with it, but it often means that there's a problem with the script.
Jane Campion
If you read Keats's poems, they're often full of doubts and anxieties. They can be quite tough.
Jane Campion
I had a daughter who was 9 years old and I had the feeling I wasn't going to be a real parent if I didn't quit making movies for a while and spend time with her. I also felt that I'd made enough movies and said what I had to say at the time.
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It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters.
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