Atom Egoyan ,quotes

I think ultimately if you have...

I think ultimately if you have a very high expectation of your audience and you know exactly what it is you're trying to express through the medium of film, there will always be an audience for you.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

My parents taught me to believ...

My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

April 24th was another commemo...

April 24th was another commemoration of the genocide of Armenia people by Turkey. The perpetrator never admitted the crime. I was raised with that, this question: how do you actually find the truth of such a traumatic event? I'm obsessed with that issue.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

I find it deeply upsetting whe...

I find it deeply upsetting when I see justice not being served. How do we as human beings deal with the unknown? The West Memphis Three trial is a joke on so many different levels.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

Every actor has a different te...

Every actor has a different temperament. Part of my job is to know what those boundaries are. The actor has to know you'll be there at the other end, that you're trying to represent them in the best light, who they are as they're harnessing these roles. The methods vary from actor to actor.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

I wanted to make sure that the...

I wanted to make sure that the environment of the shooting itself was not that controlled, and the way to go about that course was to work with as small a crew as possible.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

I believe my signal of maturit...

I believe my signal of maturity as a filmmaker iswhen I'll actually acknowledge the fact that the first take is usuallythe best.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

The biggest problem with the i...

The biggest problem with the independent film sector in Toronto is that they find themselves having to make that budget show on screen.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

I make my living doing freelan...

I make my living doing freelance directing for North American television shot in Toronto, series like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Twilight Zone, and so forth.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

One of the huge advantages of ...

One of the huge advantages of shooting in the winter is that locations that wouldn't have been available to us suddenly were, like Yorkville. ... It's just specific streets and specific angles. I think that's what's always kind of shocking about some cities: they are really about intersections.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

I just think I love the proces...

I just think I love the process of making films. It's not tortuous for me at all. I love being with my crew. I love actors. There's a joy to the process.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

We're lucky to be making films...

We're lucky to be making films. My crew and I have been working together for a long time. I think that that's what emanates.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

I love when people are resilie...

I love when people are resilient and when they form ways of dealing with grief or dealing with some traumatic episode, and sometimes those are the wrong choices.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

Sometimes you think you want t...

Sometimes you think you want to know something, but it's actually more exciting and more resonant when you have to try [and figure it out].

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

People make decisions that may...

People make decisions that may have one intent and yet are somehow perverted into something else. And sometimes it's because of design. Sometimes it's because of happenstance. But very often, it's mysterious to them.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

I started in theater and I wan...

I started in theater and I wanted to write plays, but I never really found an original voice as a playwright.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

Try to produce your own films,...

Try to produce your own films, avoid directing for hire.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

That's a very odd notion becau...

That's a very odd notion because it involves seeing money up there on the screen - if something cost $5 million to make, they want to see that $5 million up there.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

I think the situation in Toron...

I think the situation in Toronto is such that there are funding organizations which make it easy for a film to raise more money than it needs and very often that works against a film.

Atom Egoyan 03.03.2018 03:03:03 69 quotes

You can talk about Holocaust d...

You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been forgotten.

Atom Egoyan 10.09.2011 15:07:09 69 quotes

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