Steven Shainberg Quotes

• Diane Arbus is one of the most mysterious, enigmatic, and frighteningly daring artists of the 20th century. Her work emerged from a deeply private place and profoundly affected all those who came into contact with it.

  Steven Shainberg

  Artist, Mysterious, Century

  "Shainberg and 'Secretary' Team Reunite for 'Arbus'" by Eugene Hernandez, www.indiewire.com. July 28, 2003.

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• Theres a kind of dream that movies sell to people: You can start as the lowliest person and rise to the top. Hit Me doesnt sell this fantasy.

  Steven Shainberg

  Dream, People, Fantasy

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• I would define independent film as a movie that is not financed by any of the smaller film companies. Because then, those are movies that in all likelihood are made without stars. And then they have to rely just on the material.

  Steven Shainberg

  Stars, Independent, Film

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• I peeled off La Brea and went home and instantly made a reservation to come back to New York. Essentially, I fired everybody that was in my life, my agent, my lawyer, my manager, my girlfriend and came back to New York.

  Steven Shainberg

  Girlfriend, New York, Home

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• Who could be more desperate than filmmakers?

  Steven Shainberg

  Desperate, Filmmaker

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• I love moving through long spaces and being enclosed.

  Steven Shainberg

  Moving, Space, Long

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• Like all independent movies, the first thing you're looking for is a name actor who will justify your financing.

  Steven Shainberg

  Independent, Names, Actors

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• You hear this said about actors sometimes, that they're fearless, but she [ Maggie Gyllenhaal] really is.

  Steven Shainberg

  Fearless, Actors, Sometimes

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• The problem with most love stories in my opinion is that they're too simplistic.

  Steven Shainberg

  Stories, Opinion, Love Story

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• The movie that made me want to make movies was "Blue Velvet."

  Steven Shainberg

  Blue, Velvet, Want

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• You don't make movies about "men" and "women." You make movies about this guy and this woman and if you get them right, you'll automatically connect with a lot of people.

  Steven Shainberg

  Men, People, Guy

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• I think a lot of young women are probably fearful or embarrassed or cautious or hiding whatever their particular sexuality might be. From the most odd to the just slightly abberrant.

  Steven Shainberg

  Thinking, Might, Odd

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