William Friedkin Quotes - Page 3

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• I have to see the whole scene in my head before I go out and do it. Which I do. I will envision the entire scene before I shoot it.

  William Friedkin

  Scene, Whole

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I'm not a fan of 3D. But I am a huge fan of digital imagery. Because it allows a filmmaker much more latitude to appreciate their own visions and dreams.

  William Friedkin

  Dream, Appreciate, Vision

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• You don't leave the film alone. You have a new audience, and you have a new medium. Why would you leave it alone? Film is not an antique. It's not a relic. It's not a Leonardo da Vinci. I don't want someone painting over a da Vinci or Rembrandt. But these movies aren't that.

  William Friedkin

  Antiques, Want, Painting

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• The thing that interests me is the good and evil in everybody. I don't have conventional heroes in the films that I directed, because I believe there's good and evil in everybody.

  William Friedkin

  Believe, Hero, Evil

  Interview with The A.V. Club, film.avclub.com. September 20, 2007.

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• The digital process gives me total control over how I want the film to look. The films look like they did when I was first looking through the viewfinder.

  William Friedkin

  Giving, Looks, Want

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I have seen lampoons of my work. And I have really enjoyed them. But I would never do another version of The Exorcist.

  William Friedkin

  Exorcist, Enjoyed, Versions

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I'm not a fan of Star Wars. That is not for me. That is for my nephews and nieces. I don't get it.

  William Friedkin

  Stars, War, Niece

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• The Blu-ray is the real cinematech of world cinema. That's how it's being preserved. All of these guys that are trying to preserve 35mm negatives? They are wasting their time. There are better ways to see and project this stuff. It's called digital.

  William Friedkin

  Real, Guy, Trying

  "EXCLUSIVE: William Friedkin Revisits To Live and Die in L.A. on Blu-ray". Interview with B. Alan Orange, movieweb.com. February 19, 2010.

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• 'Star Wars' gave birth to all the computer-generated superhero films.

  William Friedkin

  Stars, War, Superhero

  "Inside the Forgotten Movie Masterpiece 'Sorcerer'". Interview with Bryan Reesman, www.esquire.com. April 30, 2014.

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• I had absolutely no focus as a kid. I never paid attention at school, I never went to college. Not because we were too poor; we were. But if I wanted to go to college, I would have found a way.

  William Friedkin

  School, Kids, College

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I can't sit through the superhero films. But I watched Draft Day, and it was kind of sweet in an old-fashioned way.

  William Friedkin

  Sweet, Superhero, Way

  "Inside the Forgotten Movie Masterpiece Sorcerer". Interview with Bryan Reesman, www.esquire.com. April 30, 2014.

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• All the great countries are at odds with one another over something, and yet if they don't cooperate they're going to blow up.

  William Friedkin

  Country, Blow, Odds

  "Inside the Forgotten Movie Masterpiece Sorcerer". Interview with Bryan Reesman, www.esquire.com. April 30, 2014.

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• When you go to a studio with something you want to make, or they come to you with something they want to make, more often than not, it's a tent pole. Not something one single person is really passionate about on a creative level.

  William Friedkin

  Creative, Passionate, Levels

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• Sam Jackson is a director's dream. Some actors hope to find their character during shooting. He knows his character before shooting. Sam's old-school. I just got out of his way. I never did more than two takes with Sam.-william friedkin

  William Friedkin

  Dream, Old School, Character

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• Edgar Allan Poe is considered the great writer of horror stories, perhaps the greatest - I will say the greatest

  William Friedkin

  Horror Stories, Allan Poe, Great Writers

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