"Our responsibility as filmmakers is to make things that are fresh, unique and original."

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Source : "V For Vendetta - Joel Silver/James McTeigue interview". Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

Joel Silver

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“Common sense is that layer of prejudices which we acquire before we are sixteen.”
“If you know that everything comes from the mind, don't become attached. Once attached, you're unaware. But once you see your own nature, the entire Canon becomes so much prose. It's thousands of sutras and shastras only amount to a clear mind. Understanding comes in midsentence. What good are doctrines? The ultimate Truth is beyond words. Doctrines are words. They're not the Way. The Way is wordless. Words are illusions. . . . Don't cling to appearances, and you'll break through all barriers. . . .”
“We put authors on such a pedestal, and it's a moment that humanizes the whole thing, and lends an absurdity to what otherwise is a "please sit with your hands on your lap" kind of event.”

Source : "Mac Barnett & Jory John Talk with Roger". Interview with Roger Sutton, www.hbook.com. February 3, 2015.
“No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.”
“I like the model of people getting together to make something when they want to do it and not being dictated to by a cycle.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“Certainly, none of us enjoy going through struggles, but you have to understand that your struggle may be an opportunity for advancement and promotion. The very thing you are fighting against so tenaciously may be the springboard that catapults you to a new level of excellence. Your challenges may become your greatest assets.”
“There are those who open their hearts to others...who never think twice about giving of themselves. They are the wonderful warmhearted people who make all the difference in our lives.”
“You either create something and you keep it a secret and you die with it, or you can benefit the craft.”

Source : "Vidal Sassoon: Fresh Hair On 'Fresh Air'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. February 10, 2011.

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