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" I think the parallels of a giant power with overwhelming military superiority and might, with America and Rome, it seems obvious to me. "
Kevin Macdonald
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" People who die in an untimely way who are artists, somehow that validates their art, we feel. Why culturally we feel that, I don't know. "
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" People think that the Italians invented neorealism, but actually, Humphrey Jennings did. He was revolutionary in using non-professional actors in his films, and he got extraordinary performances out of them. "
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" I think everything that I've done, I've been involved with for longer. Either you develop it from scratch, or you take something, and you develop it, and you work on the script, but I'm not sure how good I'd be at just sort of taking a piece of material and being a director for hire like that. "
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" I went through a period of not watching fiction. "
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" I think there's always been interest in Bob Marley. "
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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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" The interesting thing to me is that somehow the future of movies will become a more social thing... I think that people will see them communally and will be talking about them as they're watching them, in a way, and immediately after watching them, and they'll all become the conversation. I think that's pretty interesting. "
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" Like a lot of expatriate Scots, when you want to be called Scottish, it's useful. I see myself as being without nationality, as a European: my region is Scotland; my nationality is European - isn't that a very Alex Salmond thing to say? "
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" My grandfather died before I started making films, but I definitely learnt this from him: believe in your own judgment and stick to your guns - 99% of the time, you'll be glad you did. "
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" I think we're all greedy. Who do you know who says, 'I have enough! I don't need any more!'? It's part of human nature. "
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" It's interesting to me that the Arab Spring started in Tunisia, and in the marches, people were singing 'Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights.' "
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" It's obviously presumptuous in some ways to talk about somebody's sexuality who's not here to describe themselves. "
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" No man, no woman is without their flaws. "
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" It's always nice to have the same people that you are familiar with and shorthand with, obviously, to be around you. "
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" When you're trying to make a film, you're trying to find a way to love your subject, and you want your audience to love your subject. "
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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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" I recommend to any of you, that's always a good way to make a film: use the interesting bits. "
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" You can relate to someone with a flaw. "
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" When you're an outsider and going into a culture like America, it's easier to stay away from any cliches because you're not really aware of what they are. "
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" When we made 'Life in a Day,' we asked people around the globe to record their lives on a single ordinary day. When we were cutting that film, we talked about what it might be like if we chose a day that already had significance to people. The result is 'Christmas in a Day.' "
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" It's so nice to be totally artistically free. "
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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. "
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" Everyone's got to make one submarine drama in their life. "
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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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" We're all fascinated by the way other people live their lives, how they cope with hardship and triumph, what they put in their home movies and family albums. "
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" Put someone on a horse looking cold and wet, and they don't have to act. They just are cold and wet. "
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" I've done a few celebrity-related things, and I think on the first one - about Mick Jagger - I got stung and was not able to make the film I wanted to make. "
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