"Ultimately, the people [who] are going to help you make your film are the people who believe in you and believe in the story. And as long as you stick to your guns, hopefully what you come out with will be what you imagined."

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Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

Dee Rees

#Believe Quotes #Gun Quotes #Long Quotes

“I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.”
“We would always be under The Pentagon's protective umbrella”
“The knowledge that my discriminations are skewed and not always universally desirable doesn't stop me in the least from making them.”

Source : Phillip Lopate (2004). “Getting Personal: Selected Writings”, p.143, Basic Books
“It's something that's difficult to explain but I think all writers work this way to some extent, whether we're aware of it or not. For me, writing has little to do with thinking. I don't want to control the narrative. I listen to the rhythm of the words and dialogue and try to give the characters the space in which to say and do what they want without intervening too much.”
“Long before I had ever seen a ritualistic service I became a Ritualist.”

Source : Ronald Arbuthnott Knox (1958). “A Spiritual Aeneid”
“We're definitely going to hell. But we'll have all the best stories to tell”

Source : Song: The Ballad of Me and My Friends
“We didn't do wrong things because we didn't want to embarrass our parents.”
“And I felt sorry, and I have felt bad about what happened.”

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