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" I think there's always been interest in Bob Marley. "
Kevin Macdonald
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" Elvis Presley's estate is making 30 million a year, and they say that Marley shouldn't be, but he is from a much poorer part of the world, and a lot more people need the money. "
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" The relationship between director and subject can become very intense. It's a bit like therapy, with lots of transferences going on. It's easy to feel guilty. "
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" What got me into making movies was that I wanted to be a journalist. "
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" I suppose that the Western has always been a kind of mold to which you could pour the concerns of the day, but have them seen in the simple terms of the Western, of one alley or whatever. "
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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 can't claim my grandfather's work has influenced mine directly, but his life certainly inspired me to follow this path. "
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" I always loved digging away at the story, trying to find out things that people don't want you to find out and piecing it all together. I love the treasure hunt aspect of it, the thrill of the chase. "
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" There's something about the lack of certainty with a documentary, which is exhausting if you do three in a row. It's nerve-wracking. "
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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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" Despite the limitations of the bulky 16mm camera and 10-minute film magazines, 'The Anderson Platoon' feels as spontaneous and fresh as any films that have come out of the Afghan or Iraq wars. "
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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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" 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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" You can go to places in Africa and Asia and find Marley graffiti. In the slums of Nairobi, you see his lyrics painted on walls, and you realise he has this almost religious significance to the underclass of the world. He's a guy born in a hut with no bed, and now he's probably the most listened-to artist in the world. It's fascinating. "
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Walls
Find
Born
" The things that are hardest to shoot are the things where you want people just to feel very natural, and you want to do love scenes, and you want to do just kids hanging out and trying to get them to relax. "
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You
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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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" I think my brother always wanted to be a film producer. "
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Brother
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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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Talk
Somebody
Some
" 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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Without
You
Myself
" 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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Live
Family
Home
" The submarine genre is a category with all its own rules. But shooting on water is famously tough. "
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Water
" I used the same designer and costume designer on 'The Eagle' and 'The Last King of Scotland.' "
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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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" 'Uprising' was one of the first three or four albums I ever bought in 1980 when I was 13, and that had a strong impact on me. "
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" I find it really difficult when you make a movie where it is set in Russia and everyone speaks in English. It drives me crazy. "
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" You can relate to someone with a flaw. "
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" I love submarine movies. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" With 'Black Sea,' I long had an idea that I wanted to do a film about people stuck on the bottom of the ocean. I thought that was a terrifying scenario. "
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