The dichotomy between art and industry is totally dysfunctional in terms of film.
Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.
Art, film, fashion, music are all going on and interacting simultaneously. And L.A. is very receptive to that fusion.
I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.
My favorite books, art pieces, films, and music, always have something jarring about them.
I like connecting with people, and that's what good art is: a point of connection. There's nothing better, on stage or on film.
I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.
For me, acting is about the art of it and it's about being on a film set and doing your thing, painting a blank canvas.
I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is always connected to theater and film.
Betrayal isn't ridiculous. It's the reason empires fall.
Certainly, a lot of the films I've worked on have ended up good movies, but they haven't always been the best experiences.
Crimes of Passion, which is one of the best films I've done, will live strongly in my resume, even though it didn't do well.
We get along really well, but TV and film aren't reality. We're best friends, but we do have our fights!
'The Best Man' was my first feature film, and I didn't want to be known as a director who only does romantic comedies.
Writing and directing your own film, for me, has been the best experience of my life.
With this silent film, I wanted to hide what was going on in the clinic. I wanted to cover it up in the best cinematic way and in an entertaining manner.
The best conversation with Stanley Kubrick is a silent one: you sit in a theatre and watch his films and you learn so much.
The most important thing for Quentin and the most important thing for me is to make the best film possible.
What I've absorbed of the gothic or paranormal has come mainly from films.
The brutality that can take place in a crime film heightens the tenderness that can also be there.
