I used to like to set different film clips to classical music, not even my own songs, but make little movies.
A lot of movies are made, but because they come to film festivals and your movie doesn't get bought by a studio or a distributor, your movie doesn't get seen.
I loved the 'Die Hard' films growing up and the 'Taken' movies. They're so entertaining, and I enjoy being on the edge of my seat.
I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies.
When I began making films, they were just movies: 'What's the new movie? What are you doing?' Now they're called 'adult dramas.'
Barbara Stanwyck movies drove me nuts, like 'Ball of Fire' and 'Double Indemnity.' I used to go cuckoo when I would see those films.
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.
