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William Friedkin Quotes
«Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed.»
«The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.»
Author: William Friedkin
(Film Director, Producer, Writer)
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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.»
Author: William Friedkin
(Film Director, Producer, Writer)
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film, informing, professional
«To me, film right now is dormant. It's a sleeping giant. It's the plaything of corporations. The people who determine what American film is today are no different from high rollers who go to Las Vegas. They just want to take all the money and put it on one big number and roll the dice on that number and if it craps out, next number. Next case.»
Author: William Friedkin
(Film Director, Producer, Writer)
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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.»
Author: William Friedkin
(Film Director, Producer, Writer)
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«The leaders of the Catholic Church endorsed The Exorcist ; virtually promoted it as much as they could. The Cardinals of New York and Los Angeles and Chicago and the other big cities, all over the world, they endorsed it because it represents a literal depiction of the Roman ritual of exorcism which still exists in the Catholic faith. It's still there. The power of faith to drive out demons. And this film showed that and they embraced it.»
Author: William Friedkin
(Film Director, Producer, Writer)
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«I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost every day of my life about something or other. And I think it's the one thing, as I look into people's eyes, that I think I share with almost everybody.»