Sally Potter Quotes


Sally Potter

Many musicals are about putting on a show and, when that happens, you know the filmmakers are really talking about their own process of bringing ideas to the screen. The story is a vehicle for looking at other things,

The store had run its course and you`ve got a world where new goods are incredibly cheap now. The lease was up the middle of August and I looked around and said we`ve had a great run. We`re done. It`s sad but yet it`s a completion of a very fun era.

When goods are down, and you`re selling used, you have to price a lot cheaper,

I was struck by the large number of men who came up afterwards to grill me on what I knew about Islam. But they were very respectful and serious.

We`ve always wanted Josh, but he had something else going on that weekend.

We`ve had people from Texas, northern Wisconsin, Toledo, Cleveland. We`ve had lots of people from Ann Arbor and Detroit.

This scene is really the heart of the whole story.

People just aren`t ready in the morning.

The word `political` is never used in the film, `Bush` is never mentioned, `9/11` is never mentioned, `Middle East` is never mentioned, `bombs` are never mentioned,

It wasn`t my intention to make any grandiose political statements here,






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Films directed by Sally Potter
Orlando (1992)
Rage (2009)
Sally Potter
Yes (2004)