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" For me, the aim of making any film like this, any film about an artist, would be to send you back to the art. "

Kevin Macdonald

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" People listen to The Beatles, but while they were muscially influential, they weren't culturally influential in quite the same way. You can go into the back of beyond in a little Indian village, and they will listen to Bob Marley. But they're not going to be listening to The Beatles or The Rolling Stones. "

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" No man, no woman is without their flaws. "

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" The thing with newspapers is that they are a filter. We're relying on the editors of that paper to be a filter and to tell you that this is worth reading about, this is quality, and this is quite reliable. "

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" It feels like we're all so familiar now with the traditional three-act structure that, actually, stories that are more complex, more naughty, that allow for disagreement and discussion, are more interesting to us. "

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" I don't think of myself particularly as a Scottish director, but you are what you are because the first ten years of your life, and where you spend them, brand you. In that sense, I'll always be a Scottish director. "

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" Young people read their news online; they expect to get their news for free. "

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" If there's a principle really worth sticking up for, I'll go the whole way. "

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" When you look at almost every submarine movie, to some degree or another, there's this 'Moby Dick' element, this Ahab element to them. "

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" If you want to do 'Sword & Sandals' movies, people think that means it equals 'epic.' "

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" For everybody in the world, the answers to the mysteries in your life usually lie in your childhood, your upbringing, and your parents. "

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" The Internet has meant that advertising has migrated; there are hardly any classifieds in newspapers any more because they're all online. If people have a car to sell, for example, they sell it online; they don't go to the newspaper. "

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" The only obligation you have as a film-maker is to tell your version of the truth and to use your film to illuminate reality. Whatever that means. "

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" Sometimes people give away more by not saying something. "

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" The great thing about making a film on a submarine is that it's kind of like making a play. You've got this limited environment. "

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" I remember going to the university film club to see 'The Life And Death Of Colonel Blimp' one night and being bowled over. It was one of the most beautiful films I'd ever seen. And it felt so personal. "

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" It's nice to stretch in different directions and use different muscles. You can get swallowed into Hollywood, where it's all about bums on seats and how commercial a film is. "

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" I think my brother always wanted to be a film producer. "

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" If you go to pretty much everywhere in the developing world, you will find Bob Marley murals, and you'll find people playing his music. "

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" I was born at Rotten Row in Glasgow and brought up in Loch Lomond near a small place called Gartocharn. And it's a bit like anyone: where you're brought up, you have an irresistible attraction to that place; it defines who you are. "

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" I recommend to any of you, that's always a good way to make a film: use the interesting bits. "

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