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" Actors will change their face, will change their hair, will change their voice, will disappear into the role. A movie star doesn't disappear. "
Change
Face
Disappear
" An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them. "
Who
Somebody
Actor
" Art doesn't just happen by accident. It is about pulling out new tricks and trying new things. "
Trying
Happen
Art
" As a writer, you have control of the words you put on the page. But once that manuscript leaves your hand, you give control to the reader. As a director, you are limited by everything: weather, budget, and egos. "
Control
Budget
Words
" A screenplay is not a finished product; a novel is. A screenplay is a blueprint for something - for a building that will most likely never be built. "
Product
Will
Most
" I was always a filmmaker before I was anything else. If I was always anything, I was a storyteller, and it never really made much of a difference to me what medium I worked in. "
Always
Before
Difference
" Schools and libraries are the twin cornerstones of a civilized society. Libraries are only good if people use them, like books only exist when someone reads them. "
Society
People
Like
" The director is a bit analogous to the conductor of a symphony orchestra. It's a collaborative adventure. "
Symphony
Adventure
Orchestra
" The first thing that put me on the map was my Sherlock Holmes novel. "
Map
First
Sherlock Holmes
" There are moments in one's life where you look back and you say, 'Well, I wish I had done this differently.' "
Wish
Done
Life
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