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" When people are feeling insecure about their jobs and there are cuts to be made, it's hard to put up an argument that the film industry needs funding. "
Julian Fellowes
Hard
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" We live a life that is often spent in crowds - parties, festivals and first nights - so it's nice to avoid them. "
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" We don't really like rules. We think, in some way, they are an infringement of liberty. "
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" You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny. "
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" There are some men who are frightened by strong women and some men who are nurtured by them and feel nervous, with weak clinging vines. And I am very much of the latter category. "
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" For most directors, the scriptwriter is about as welcome on set as a member of the Taliban. "
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" I just don't believe in generalisations. "
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" There is almost nothing in your house that does not tell something about you. "
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" If you are lucky, you have your moment. But it is never more than a moment. You have to enjoy it while it lasts. "
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" When you make your first film, there is a hell of a lot to think about, and you've got to have a gut understanding of your material. "
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" Sometimes you watch one of your favorite shows from 20 years ago and you think, 'I'm loving this, but golly, it's going at the speed of a snail.' "
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" I like people who don't accept boundaries. Like Florence Nightingale. And Napoleon or Louis XIV, though I'm not sure how much I'd have liked to meet them. I admire people who aren't circumscribed by circumstance. "
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" Although 'L.A. Confidential' is a long movie, there's never a moment when you think, 'I'm loving this... but when's dinner?' Each time I see it, I discover something I hadn't noticed before. It has a tremendous skill in developing all the subplots. "
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" If you're supposed to be a 'personality,' then you might as well have a personality. "
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" Sometimes the weekend gets hijacked by work, but as my mother would say, this is the right problem. "
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