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Directing is a nice job. It's the best job for me. If I had to pay money to do it, I would do it... Directing is playing. Acting.
William Friedkin
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William Friedkin
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: August 29
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God knows, as a minority, gay people have taken serious lumps for their sexual preferences. As has every minority.
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But the audience is right. They're always, always right. You hear directors complain that the advertising was lousy, the distribution is no good, the date was wrong to open the film. I don't believe that. The audience is never wrong. Never.
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I don't go to the movies much anymore. There's very little that draws me. I watch mostly the older stuff, and I often don't sit through the new films.
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Sam Jackson is a director's dream. Some actors hope to find their character during shooting. He knows his character before shooting. Sam's old-school. I just got out of his way. I never did more than two takes with Sam.-william friedkin
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I don't look back or analyze my films. I just make them. It's for someone else to look at.
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Technique is of less interest than character and story.
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