Andrew Dominik Quotes

• I'm not a very efficient filmmaker. There's a lot of guys, filmmakers like the Coen Brothers who shoot a whole movie and maybe don't use 12 setups. I'm in awe of people like that; I'm just not that guy.

  Andrew Dominik

  Brother, People, Guy

  "Cannes: Andrew Dominik On The Violence, Politics & Look Of ‘Killing Them Softly’ With Brad Pitt". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.indiewire.com. May 24, 2012.

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• The crime film is the most honest American film.

  Andrew Dominik

  Honest, Film, Crime

  "Cannes 2012: Brad Pitt Says His New Crime Film Isn't an Attack on Obama" by Gregg Kilday, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 22, 2012.

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• Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.

  Andrew Dominik

  Confused, World, Modern

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• I think the film gives you a picture of a person. It gives you a complete picture.

  Andrew Dominik

  Thinking, Giving, Film

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I always feel that crime films are about capitalism.

  Andrew Dominik

  Film, Crime, Feels

  "Cannes 2012: Brad Pitt Says His New Crime Film Isn't an Attack on Obama" by Gregg Kilday, www.hollywoodreporter.com. May 22, 2012.

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• Jesse James is like a Leonard Cohen song, I wanted to do something that was like a pop song.

  Andrew Dominik

  Song, Pops, Pop Song

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• Americans are not renowned for having a sense of irony.

  Andrew Dominik

  Irony, Renowned

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• The fantasy gives you the courage to feel things.

  Andrew Dominik

  Giving, Fantasy, Feels

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I like test screenings. I like to see a movie with an audience of strangers. I think it tells you a lot.

  Andrew Dominik

  Thinking, Tests, Stranger

  "Director Andrew Dominik Talks KILLING THEM SOFTLY, His Desire to Release a New Cut of JESSE JAMES, His Marilyn Monroe Biopic BLONDE, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 29, 2012.

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• Obviously, a power player in a criminal organization doesnt have to persuade anyone. He can just do what he wants.

  Andrew Dominik

  Player, Organization, Criminals

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• It's obviously a lot more of a political undertaking making a movie in Hollywood and it's a business there. In Australia, they don't expect films to make money; whereas in America they're counting on it.

  Andrew Dominik

  Political, Film, Making Money

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I'm from the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" school of screenwriting. I just like to preserve what works and ignore what doesn't work.

  Andrew Dominik

  School, Broke, Screenwriting

  "Director Andrew Dominik Talks KILLING THEM SOFTLY, His Desire to Release a New Cut of JESSE JAMES, His Marilyn Monroe Biopic BLONDE, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 29, 2012.

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• I'm sure part of the fascination with the film is voyeuristic - that we go to see somebody who's been struck by lightning.

  Andrew Dominik

  Film

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It's a wonderful thing to go to work and have no idea what you're going to do.

  Andrew Dominik

  Wonderful

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It always surprises me in films that killers seem so gleeful about killing people.

  Andrew Dominik

  People, Killers, Surprise

  "Director Andrew Dominik Talks KILLING THEM SOFTLY, His Desire to Release a New Cut of JESSE JAMES, His Marilyn Monroe Biopic BLONDE, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 29, 2012.

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• I imagine that in a closed, hermetic society like the mob, where everybody knows each other, it must be really, really unpleasant to have to kill people. It's the sort of thing you really want to avoid.

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  People, Want, Imagine

  "Director Andrew Dominik Talks KILLING THEM SOFTLY, His Desire to Release a New Cut of JESSE JAMES, His Marilyn Monroe Biopic BLONDE, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 29, 2012.

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• I like violence to be upsetting. The only reason to do it subtley is if doing it subtley makes it more effective somehow.

  Andrew Dominik

  Upset, Violence, Reason

  "Director Andrew Dominik Talks KILLING THEM SOFTLY, His Desire to Release a New Cut of JESSE JAMES, His Marilyn Monroe Biopic BLONDE, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 29, 2012.

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• You obviously can't cast Brad [Pitt] as an everyman guy because he just brings way too much baggage.

  Andrew Dominik

  Guy, Too Much, Baggage

  Source: collider.com

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• As a filmmaker, it's important to sit there and feel embarrassed. If you feel embarrassed by something, you cut it.

  Andrew Dominik

  Cutting, Important, Embarrassed

  "Director Andrew Dominik Talks KILLING THEM SOFTLY, His Desire to Release a New Cut of JESSE JAMES, His Marilyn Monroe Biopic BLONDE, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 29, 2012.

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• It's very difficult to lie to yourself about certain things. I'm not necessarily convinced about how information is gathered and I don't think the credence that's given to it is valid.

  Andrew Dominik

  Lying, Thinking, Information

  "Director Andrew Dominik Talks KILLING THEM SOFTLY, His Desire to Release a New Cut of JESSE JAMES, His Marilyn Monroe Biopic BLONDE, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 29, 2012.

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