"I'm vey bad at marshaling arguments. I can't, at a dinner party, explain why I'm a socialist and why others should be socialists as well."

-- David Hare

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“I think that what's important as a director is to give your actors the feeling that they're protected, the feeling of confidence, the feeling that if they make mistakes, then as a director, you'll know how to help them. If you're able to convey that, then the actors will give you wonderful performances. As well as the author, you have to write scenes that give the actors the opportunity to show what they're capable of.”

Source : "Michael Haneke Talks AMOUR, His Inspiration for the Film, His Casting Decisions, Physical and Emotional Demands of the Film and Shooting the Film in French". Interview with Sheila Roberts, collider.com. December 14, 2012.
“You have to be a little aware of the emotions of the people who have invested with you.”
“When we are made right with God, we begin to think right, we begin to talk right, and we begin to act right.”
“I?m much bigger in Britain than I am there. I'm well-known, but my name's That Guy in America. . . . People shout: "Hey ? I know you! You're That Guy.".”
“Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together!”
“Are all ends of life so sad?”
“The heart of the problem is a problem with the heart.”
“I don't know what to do when I'm not working. I lose my mind if I'm not constantly doing something.”

Source : "Taylor Momsen: 'I'm completely neurotic and sleep four hours a day'" by Justin Harp, www.digitalspy.com. March 1, 2012.

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