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" Don't you think it's something strange that you rarely look at yourself in the mirror, except to do things like stand and ponder? I mean, in Shakespeare's day, it was thought that the mirror would reveal something, that it is trying to tell you something - not just to tidy your hair, but something more. "

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" A lot of my movies have come to be thought about only years after the fact, and I'm sad about that but also happy about it in a way, as it's given them longevity. "

" Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes God laugh is people who make plans. "

" I made a film called 'Bad Timing' that I thought everybody would respond to. It was about obsessive love and physical obsession. I thought this must touch everyone, from university dons down. "

" You cannot intellectualize yourself out of obsession. You cannot cure yourself of it. "

" How can you judge one film against another? "

" I like getting up early, but I haven't got a routine - mainly because I never have a clear idea of what day of the week it is. "

" When a book is just a plot, you know, two men fight for the love of a woman in a wild frontier, I immediately ask, 'Why?' "

" You can't hide in life. We are all being watched by some larger vision. "

" I've never tried to enhance my reputation. Never moved upwards from one thing to another. That sort of thing is of no interest to me at all. "

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" Grief is an emotion that's almost unplayable because you're in a separate emotional state; it's an inconsolable emotion. "

" But in marketing, the familiar is everything, and that is controlled by the studio. That is reaching its apogee now. "

" There's horror in your life, believe me, whether it's coming, or you've just been lucky to miss it today. "

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" I think the big studios shaped and formed the artists that they put under contract. "

" We can't get our youth back. "

" Oscars are won with two or three shots only, because if it's really beautifully photographed, you don't really notice it until the astounding moment emphasizes it. "

" You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me. "

" In life, we all learn from everyone. "

" When I went to the cinema as a boy, when I saw a war film, I thought the general was the star, and that Cary Grant was an extra. I had no idea about the structure of film, but I loved going to the cinema. "

" Years ago I had a house in Sussex, it was like Arcadia, with an old Victorian bridge, a pond and the Downs. "

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" Our memory and the movies keep movie stars alive for us, and Tony Curtis is still a star. "

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" Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange. "

" Nature repeats itself, but it never starts from the beginning. "

" 'Eureka' was very bad timing. The early 1980s: Reagan and Thatcher were in, greed was good, and here was a film about the richest man in the world who still couldn't be happy. Politically and sociologically, it was out of step. "

" I've used mirrors in a lot of movies. I think the mirror is an extraordinary thing, also the reflective, a reflection in water, etc. "

" I hate it when people talk about Tony Curtis and say: 'His real name was Bernie Schwartz... ' That was just the name that he was given at birth. It's not the person he lived his life with, and became. "

" Tony Curtis was a joy to work with. He had a curious innocence that is very young and wise at the same time. "

" The great difference between screen acting and theatre acting is that screen acting is about reacting - 75% of the time, great screen actors are great reactors. "

" Mirrors are the essence of movies. "