Latest Nicole Holofcener Quotes from Interviews

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• I hear a lot of, "We want to make a movie with you." Then "No, we don't want to make this one. We want to make that other movie with you." I don't really get that and it's very frustrating. It angers me. Because my movies are my movies.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Frustrating

  Source: film.avclub.com

• I don't know where my next movie is going to get financed or if it will. I think every filmmaker is probably worried about that, unless their movie made a fortune. My movies make a profit, but obviously not a fortune. So yeah, it's scary.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Thinking, Scary, Worried

  Source: film.avclub.com

• I would still encourage somebody, if they wanted to make a movie, to just go take a movie camera. That's clearly been shown to work. It's just how do you get it seen?

  Nicole Holofcener

  Source: www.avclub.com

• It seemed like there were so many options in filmmaking before. If they don't want to make it, well okay, there's a hundred other places we can try. I'm not a producer and I don't even know the places my producer goes to, thankfully. But I think there are far fewer options now to releasing a movie theatrically or to getting the financing.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Thinking, Trying, Filmmaking

  Source: www.avclub.com

• You can't take your stuff with you when you die. That doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy it while you're alive. Why not? But it's all pretty silly. I fall victim to it. I mean, I want nice stuff too. So I guess I'm poking fun at myself as well as other materialistic people.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Fun, Nice, Silly

  Source: www.avclub.com

• My idea of no makeup on actors is really no makeup. I mean, they can be wearing makeup. I don't care what they're wearing as long as it looks like they're not wearing makeup. But an actress will suddenly appear with some lipstick on. And that's makeup. Keener's character wears makeup. Her character would wear makeup. I try to stay true to whoever that person is. I hate that kind of thing where you're waking up in the morning with makeup on in a movie. I just think it pulls you out of the movie.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Morning, Hate, Character

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I want the look of a movie to be secondary. I really want people to be engaged in the story and the characters and not think about a style or think about me or think about the director of photography and what a great job he's doing. I never feel like that should be there.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Photography, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I do think things like old furniture and art are arbitrarily assigned. And I say that coming from an uneducated place in terms of, you know... art... curating. But who's to say what's valuable and what's not? I guess I feel like in the end it's all pretty meaningless 'cause we're all going to die.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Art, Thinking, Term

  Source: www.avclub.com

• The movie is in my head and that's the movie. But I'd be crazy to not be flexible. I think because I have the movie in my head, I can be flexible. I know what's going to work and not work and I know, generally, what I can change and bend and have the movie still work.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Crazy, Thinking, Being Crazy

  Source: www.avclub.com

• What are we taking from people and what do we give is a life-long struggle, I think, for most of us. Who are we? Do we like who we are? Do we know who we are? Do we care? Does anyone care? That's such a big topic. I could tackle that in many movies. So could other people.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Struggle, Thinking, People

  Source: www.avclub.com

• I know I repeat myself in all my movies, but I just let it go, let it happen. Clearly, I'm not finished with that issue. But they seem to me like completely different movies. They're definitely coming from me.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Let It Go, Different

  Source: www.avclub.com

• The pieces of "Please Give" just did fit together. I'm very comfortable with the ensemble. I thought this was just going to be a movie about this girl who gives mammograms. She's the lead. And then before I know it, she's got a sister, neighbors, and sometimes parents and friends and then it's an ensemble. And that's what I'm comfortable with, I guess.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Girl, Giving, Parent

  Source: www.avclub.com

• If anything, I learned most from being a huge fan of his and watching movies like Annie Hall and Manhattan over and over again - that influenced the kind of movies that I wanted to make more than anything else.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Annie Hall, Manhattan, Fans

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• Well, I tried being in front of the camera as a student and that was terrifying. But the press stuff about me growing up on his [film] sets has been exaggerated. I was an extra as a kid and I was also a PA [production assistant] on one of his movies, so I was lucky to get production experience. But I was nowhere near him.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Growing Up, Kids, Stuff

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• It's a struggle. It's really, really hard. I'm already nervous for my next one. You have to put more and more movie stars in movies these days. And of course, I would like to have more than $3million to make it. But, again, if that's what I was offered I wouldn't turn it down. I guess studios know that. But I'm one of the lucky ones, I guess.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Stars, Struggle, Next

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• But then male directors also have a hard time getting their movies made... not as hard as women but it's a tough time for any movie this size. And that particular movie [The Hurt Locker] was so specific. It couldn't hurt, of course, and I'm really glad for her, but I don't know how much it will change things, if at all. The film industry is still so sexist.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Hurt, Hard Times, Tough Times

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• That said, it was pretty awkward and a weird thing to shoot. Some women had a sense of humour about it and we'd laugh, but some were very serious and suspicious... like I might be doing something bad, or maybe they were just uncomfortable.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Laughing, Awkward, Might

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I thought of the scene while writing scenes with Rebecca [Hall] and wrote it like an opening montage of showing where someone works. If you see a film about a car mechanic, you'd show the place they work and what they do. So, that's what I set out to do with Rebecca's character. I thought it probably wouldn't even make it into film but I ended up liking it.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Character, Writing, Car

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• Yeah, people seem to really relate to it and feel moved by it. It's been the most positively received of all my movies so far. I don't know why. I like it just as much as I like my others, but people think this one is the best or the most interesting. I'll take it, though. I wouldn't want them to be saying my films are getting worse.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Thinking, People, Interesting

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• My grandma has said many of the things her character says. But she was much nicer! I made her meaner for dramatic purposes.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Grandma, Character, Purpose

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I guess I always knew going into the movie that casting that part would be difficult. Oliver just felt likeable. I felt it would be hard to dislike this man. I don't know why, but I'm sure other directors have felt the same when casting him. Oliver is goofy yet formidable, smart but likeable... I didn't want the character of Alex to be nasty or demonised. I wanted him to be struggling with his actions.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Smart, Struggle, Character

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• The casting director on the movie made me aware of her. She told me what to watch Starter For Ten, which I did and thought she was great in. She was just so charming and beautiful. But I felt she could probably look plain if we tried. And when I subsequently met with her, I was so charmed by her vulnerability and sweetness. Those were two qualities that were the most important for that character.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Beautiful, Character, Two

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• If I had cast someone else who didn't have that kind of timing, it would have been leaden and one note. But Ann [Morgan Guilbert] made her really human and really funny without being caricatured or over the top. She feels like a real person.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Real, Kind, Timing

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I'd rather go for Scorsese and De Niro. I just think he was so much better.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Thinking, De Niro, Scorsese

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

• I never get tired of looking at her [Catherine Keener] and it always surprises me, despite how many hours of film I've shot on that face. She's fantastic. She does comedy and tragedy so equally well. She wears her feeling so on the surface for both. I try to stop myself from casting her but I just keep coming back to her. She's just so fantastic to work with.

  Nicole Holofcener

  Tired, Feelings, Trying

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk