"I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world. Without them writing and being directors, the rest of us are not going to know the whole story."

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Source : "Wanted: female film-makers" by Viv Groskop, www.theguardian.com. May 19, 2009.

Jane Campion

#Writing Quotes #Directors Quotes #Population Quotes

“Everybody should write a book whether you get it published or not because the experience of sort of taking it all and throwing it down on paper is unbelievably cathartic.”

Source : "The other side of Baba Booey, revealed in new book". Interview with Alicia Rancilio, www.victoriaadvocate.com. November 17, 2010.
“For a period of time, I carried cameras with me wherever I went, and then I realized that my interest in photography was turning toward the conceptual. So I wasn't carrying around cameras shooting stuff, I was developing concepts about what I wanted to shoot. And then I'd get the camera angle and do the job”
“Don't waste the opportunity.”
“Democracy entails a correlation between the public interest as expressed by a majority of the population and the governmental policies that affect them. The term encompasses various manifestations, including direct, participatory and representative democracy, but Governments must be responsive to people and not to special interests such as the military-industrial complex, financial bankers and transnational corporations. Democracy is inclusive and does not privilege an anthropological aristocracy.”
“My spiritual life is an interesting thing. It's pretty private. I was raised Catholic in the Baptist Bible belt, so my spirituality was challenged and very much a private thing and it continues to be.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Itâ€™s no longer about the Lost Boys. They keep trying to make their way out, then they meet other people and empathize with them. Itâ€™s a story that a lot of people are going to discover their purpose from. When someone doesnâ€™t know their purpose, they get lost.”
“Take your job seriously, BUT don't take their complaints personally. If you take it personally you'll get upset and lose your edge. If you take it too personally, you'll lose your edge and your job. If you take it seriously -- it's you with them. If you take it personally, it's you against them. What steps can you take to ensure keeping your cool?”
“It shocks me when young kids still say, 'I want to do a magazine,'”

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