Buffs Quotes

My mother told me I was begging her to be an actor when I was four. My father and my grandfather saw at least one or two movies a week; they were film buffs, so I guess it just rubbed off on me. And now it`s kind of become a way of life for me. I could almost say it is my religion. I guess that sounds pretentious. But I want to live and breathe cinema. - Reel Interview, 2000

Film buffs who don`t live in Hollywood have a fantasy about what it`s like to be a director. Movies and the people who make movies have such glamor associated with them. But the truth is, it`s not like that. It`s very different. It`s hard work. If you were suddenly catapulted into that situation -- without any training -- you would say after it was over: "Oh, God! You`re kidding! You mean, this is what it`s like? This is what they put you through?" Yes, as a matter of fact, it is like this -- and it`s often worse. People have tried to describe the film business, but it`s impossible to describe because it`s so crazy. You must know your craft inside out and then pick up the rules as you go along.

As long as I get phone calls from the Museum of Modern Art, that all the film buffs love it, that`s a residual. It isn`t a financial residual and it isn`t an artistic residual, but it`s an ego residual.

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