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God knows, as a minority, gay people have taken serious lumps for their sexual preferences. As has every minority.
William Friedkin
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William Friedkin
Age: 89
Born: 1935
Born: August 29
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Star Wars is one of a handful of films that changed the zeitgeist forever.
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When you go to a studio with something you want to make, or they come to you with something they want to make, more often than not, it's a tent pole. Not something one single person is really passionate about on a creative level.
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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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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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All of the films I have made, that I have chosen to make, are all about the thin line between good and evil. And also the thin line that exists in each and every one of us. That's what my films are about.
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There is a thin line between the policeman and the criminal. The best cops are always crossed. The best cops are the ones who are able to think like criminals. But for a quirk of fate, they might have been criminals.
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I don't think sexuality defines a person. It's one small part of who you are, in my view. You are many things, and I never felt that people were defined by their sexuality solely.
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You don't leave the film alone. You have a new audience, and you have a new medium. Why would you leave it alone? Film is not an antique. It's not a relic. It's not a Leonardo da Vinci. I don't want someone painting over a da Vinci or Rembrandt. But these movies aren't that.
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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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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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The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.
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'Star Wars' gave birth to all the computer-generated superhero films.
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You are always cheating for the audience.
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One of my themes is that there is good and evil in everyone. I was not out to make these guys heroes. I really don't believe in heroes. The best of people have a dark side and it's a constant struggle for the better side to survive and to thrive.
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There are certain things that happen during the production of, I think, every film, that you didn't plan, and often it's better than what you did plan. There's the question of either going with it or not.
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I'm not a fan of 3D. But I am a huge fan of digital imagery. Because it allows a filmmaker much more latitude to appreciate their own visions and dreams.
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The art of movies is to allow the audience to suspend their disbelief. They need to use their imaginations.
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Technique is of less interest than character and story.
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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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