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" If you want to do 'Sword & Sandals' movies, people think that means it equals 'epic.' "
Kevin Macdonald
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" No man, no woman is without their flaws. "
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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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" The first documentary I saw that tried to show the actual experience of being a soldier in combat was 'The Anderson Platoon,' by French director Pierre Schoendoerffer, which won the Oscar for best documentary in 1967. "
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" I went to see 'Francis Ha,' which I could certainly relate to. She ends up wandering the streets of Paris all alone - something I've ended up doing a number of times in capital cities around Europe. "
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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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" 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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You
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Always
" 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
" There were many times during the filming of 'Touching the Void' when I wondered why I had ever thought I wanted to make this film. "
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Film
Thought
Many
" 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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Think
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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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Four
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Me
" 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
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" In my early career as a documentarian, I suppose I was trying to make films which - where it was all about making a big cinematic statement, and I think with 'Marley,' I slightly changed my direction and adopted a more mellow approach. "
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Think
Early
Direction
" I used the same designer and costume designer on 'The Eagle' and 'The Last King of Scotland.' "
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Same
Costume
Last
" The submarine genre is a category with all its own rules. But shooting on water is famously tough. "
Kevin Macdonald
Own
Rules
Water
" 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. "
Kevin Macdonald
Quality
Filter
Reading
" It is hard to find the soul of Mick Jagger. It is very hidden. I think his true personality has receded so far behind the facade that he can no longer find the real person himself. "
Kevin Macdonald
True
Hidden
Soul
" In film, I believe things should either be documentary or drama. "
Kevin Macdonald
Drama
Things
Film
" I can't claim my grandfather's work has influenced mine directly, but his life certainly inspired me to follow this path. "
Kevin Macdonald
Work
Grandfather
Life
" I suppose that I'm easily bored. "
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Easily
Suppose
Bored
" 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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Degree
You
Some
" Everyone's got to make one submarine drama in their life. "
Kevin Macdonald
Drama
Life
Submarine
" 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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Myself
Always
You
" You can relate to someone with a flaw. "
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You
Someone
Relate
" I love submarine movies. "
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Submarine
Movies
Love
" 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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Film
Camera
Spontaneous
" I went through a period of not watching fiction. "
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Watching
Through
Period
" Most people in Uganda have something good to say about Amin - 'He was funny; he gave us pride to be African.' "
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Say
People
Good
" 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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You
Want
Trying
" For me, what works well about 'Life in a Day' is that it's emotionally affecting without being manipulative. It really does make you think about the connectivity of the world, the similarities and differences. It shows the experiences we all go through: birth, childhood, falling in love, having kids, getting ill, dying. "
Kevin Macdonald
Childhood
World
Think