I loved movies as a teenager and saw as much American cinema as I could, but I hated the English films of the early '60s and had absolutely no point of identification with them.
Ricky Fitts: I was filming this dead bird. Angela Hayes: Why? Ricky Fitts: Because it's beautiful.
I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that.
I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me.
Television and film acting is really fun because you are working with other people and you are not completely responsible for the outcome of the project.
Sometimes people get really sniffy about the films you choose if you've done more dramatic projects or you're classically trained.
With a film, you try to keep your vision in it. I think with 'The American' and 'Control' I managed to do that.
Juilliard definitely emphasizes the theater. They don't train - at all really - for film acting. It's mostly process-oriented, pretty much for the stage.
Personally, I like films that make me a little bit uncomfortable because I think you're uncomfortable when something is real.
It's so exciting to headline a film. It's not every day you see a Latina carrying a full-length feature.
I think the most experimental way to a film is to tell the story the traditional way, because everyone is doing the other thing.
The problem is we are not eating food anymore, we are eating food like products. (Hungry For Change Film)
I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality.
Every film has an origin. It is made under certain circumstances, and that is a very important point that should be kept in mind during a review.
Well, I think just the fact that you are making your first film is a huge step.
As far as behind the scenes, I absolutely want to get into making my own films and producing my own things.
On a big film, there's almost no way you can meet everyone. On an indie, there are 30 people and no trailers to duck into.
I'd even say it's a realistic film because that's the way it happens in our heads; that was the idea.
You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it.
I like it when I go into a cinema and I'm not aware that I'm there; I'm totally involved in the film for two hours.
I never wore a single fedora filming 'L.A. Noire.' It took about an hour and a half to do the hair - it was a very precise process.
