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" Cheney refers to his vice presidency... as one of the most consequential vice presidencies in American history. And it clearly was. "
R. J. Cutler
American
His
American History
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" No matter how much you've done before, you wonder if there will be a light at the end of this particular tunnel. It's the nature of the beast, and it's a part of what compels us. Every movie is a new lesson you learn making your way through it. "
R. J. Cutler
End
You
Light
" On some level, you could say you wouldn't have 'In Style Magazine' at all had Anna Wintour not decided to put celebrities on the cover of 'Vogue' from her earliest years as Editor in Chief. "
R. J. Cutler
Magazine
Style
You
" There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president. "
R. J. Cutler
Identity
American
Country
" Throughout the day, I frequently use my iPhone to check 'Deadline Hollywood' and my Twitter feed, as well as the 'Daily Beast,' the 'New York Times,' 'Metsblog,' and 'Thejetsblog.' "
R. J. Cutler
New York
Hollywood
Day
" With 'If I Stay,' I want you to feel that the whole story is being told from a larger, spiritual point of view. So the beginning is very theatrical. "
R. J. Cutler
You
Beginning
Spiritual
" As with the subjects in all of my films, the incentive is left to the subject to determine on their own. I never ask someone why they say yes to me. After all, if you invited someone to join you for dinner, and they accepted your invitation, your next question wouldn't be, 'Why are you saying yes?' "
R. J. Cutler
You
Say
Dinner
" As a filmmaker, my approach is to come in not with preconceived notions, but with curiosity, and in that way, whether my subjects are James Carville or Anna Wintour or Dick Cheney, I am always surprised. "
R. J. Cutler
Always
Way
I Am
" For eight months, from January to August of 2007, I filmed with Anna Wintour and her team at 'Vogue' as they created the September 2007 issue of the magazine. "
R. J. Cutler
Magazine
Team
September
" I record the following shows on a daily basis and watch them when I have the time/inclination: 'The Daily Show,' Rachel Maddow, 'Hardball,' 'The Colbert Report,' 'The O'Reilly Factor,' David Letterman. "
R. J. Cutler
Letterman
Following
Daily
" In both the world of fashion and politics, what's required to succeed is passion, dedication, and vision. "
R. J. Cutler
Dedication
Politics
Vision
" 'The September Issue' is really a film about Anna Wintour's relationship with long time 'Vogue' Creative Director Grace Coddington. The two of them have been working together for two decades, and the extraordinary symbiosis between them has left an indelible mark on the fashion industry. "
R. J. Cutler
Relationship
Time
Working Together
" It's my approach as a filmmaker always to go in, not with a thesis or preconceived notion, but with curiosity and questions and inquiry. So in some way, I'm always surprised. I'm always finding paths of engagement. "
R. J. Cutler
Finding
Go
Questions
" Belushi was one of my very first heroes. At a time when film, television, and music were undergoing tectonic shifts within American culture, he was at the center of it all. At that moment, he had the number one show on television, the number one film at the box office, and the number one record on the charts. "
R. J. Cutler
Time
Moment
American
" I was watching 'The September Issue' in the back of a theater in New York, and I thought, 'I know I really can do this with actors.' "
R. J. Cutler
Know
September
Thought
" The presidency made John Adams an old man long before there was television. As early as the nation's first contested presidential election, with Adams and Jefferson running to succeed Washington, you had a brutal, ugly, vicious campaign that was divisive and as partisan as anything we're experiencing today. "
R. J. Cutler
Succeed
Ugly
You
" I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind. "
R. J. Cutler
Think
Say
Brother
" Whatever storytelling muscles you've developed as a documentary filmmaker will be extremely helpful as a narrative filmmaker. "
R. J. Cutler
You
Will
Storytelling
" 'Taxicab Confessions' always cracks me up. And if you are in the mood for a good game show, I like 'Survivor' because it's well made. "
R. J. Cutler
Me
Game
Survivor
" I'm very curious to know what it's like, death - I always say to my wife, 'I wonder if we'll have the 'New York Times' when we're dead.' "
R. J. Cutler
Know
Wife
New York
" We're having such a great time on 'Nashville' that building on the relationship seemed an obvious next step. Lionsgate is the perfect home for the kind of scripted television I want to produce and direct. "
R. J. Cutler
Time
Great
Home
" We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to. "
R. J. Cutler
American
High
Hope
" If ever we deserved a candidate at this moment in our culture, that candidate is Donald Trump. "
R. J. Cutler
Moment
Donald Trump
Culture
" I first thought about doing a project about Anna Wintour and 'Vogue' when I read an article in 'New York Magazine' about the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Ball, the annual fundraising gala that Anna oversees. It created such a fascinating portrait that I couldn't help but be compelled. "
R. J. Cutler
New York
Thought
Help
" I always find myself gravitating toward stories of transformation, and one of those periods is teenage life. When teenagers are figuring out who they are and have one foot in childhood and the other in adulthood - I think that's a really mythic moment to tell stories about. "
R. J. Cutler
Moment
Life
Myself
" I think the biggest challenge we faced in making 'The September Issue' was the fact that people in the fashion world are very suspicious of cameras. They're used to a camera being the enemy, something that is prying and looking to catch you in a compromising position, something that's judging you. "
R. J. Cutler
World
Challenge
Looking
" Living in L.A. keeps me in my car a lot, and I'm constantly flipping back and forth between the following Sirius/XM Radio stations: NFL Radio, MLB Radio, POTUS, MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News. "
R. J. Cutler
Fox
Living
News
" The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney. "
R. J. Cutler
Trust
True
American
" I'm big into not drawing conclusions for people. I think that's what makes for the most exciting, compelling films. I get bored when the politics of the filmmaker are the subject of the film that I see. "
R. J. Cutler
Drawing
People
Politics
" I believe a democracy needs men and women of conviction in its positions of leadership in order for us to succeed. That's the subject of 'A Perfect Candidate,' a film I made 20 years ago about Oliver North and Charles Robb. "
R. J. Cutler
Men
Leadership
Women
" Working on 'The War Room' was a thrill, not only because we were given such exquisite access to the nerve center of Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign, but for me personally, it was so exciting to be producing my first film and working with documentary filmmaking legends D.A. Pannebaker and Chris Hegedus, who were the film's directors. "
R. J. Cutler
Only
Me
Legends