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There are films that I've made that I like a little bit more than the others. But the films that I mostly watch, and see over and over again, are not my own.

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William Friedkin
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: August 29
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I'm not a fan of Star Wars. That is not for me. That is for my nephews and nieces. I don't get it.
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I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.
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I had absolutely no focus as a kid. I never paid attention at school, I never went to college. Not because we were too poor we were. But if I wanted to go to college, I would have found a way.
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The studios mostly threw away the negatives of the classic films. They had no interest in their legacy.
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Ive never seen a more terrifying film than 'The Bababook'. It will scare the hell out of you as it did me.
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I have seen lampoons of my work. And I have really enjoyed them. But I would never do another version of The Exorcist.
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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.
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The digital process gives me total control over how I want the film to look. The films look like they did when I was first looking through the viewfinder.
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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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Every time you run a 35mm print, it picks up scratches. It picks up dirt. Sometimes it breaks, and you have to re-splice it. You lose frames. This doesn't happen with digital or Blu-ray. I think that's great. Because I love the new media.
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