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It's not something someone se...

It's not something someone sets out to do - I never really set out to make movies about strong fighting women, but it just seems to happen that way. I've certainly known some, and I think my sister was probably a big influence.

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I'm very interested in dance,...

I'm very interested in dance, and I'm very interested in how people express themselves through movement. And of course, cinema is a kinetic art form. It's almost the point of cinema - it's time-based and movement-based.

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Modern, not bottom-dwelling li...

Modern, not bottom-dwelling literature like a carp.

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I've been wanting for some tim...

I've been wanting for some time to find a way of stylizing cinema and trying to get closer to the emotional story I was telling and get rid of all the bumph that goes with it and allow the audience a more participatory experience. It was an attempt to do all of those things and to express the idea that all these people were just performing roles in their lives.

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I think that people are still ...

I think that people are still trying to understand each other and overcome prejudices. And people are still, most important, loving each other. And that is today as it was yesterday and will be for another 200 years.

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I worked hard, but I was lucky...

I worked hard, but I was lucky the right people happened to see my work.

Joe Wright 51 quotes

I went to comprehensive school...

I went to comprehensive school in North London and left without any qualifications [diploma]. And I was doing bits of acting and improv in a drama club in the evenings. Then I discovered you didn't need qualifications to go to art school, you just needed a body of work.

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I think Pan is a superhero mov...

I think Pan is a superhero movie; I mean, the kid flies in the end.

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I couldn't be a cameraman or a...

I couldn't be a cameraman or a designer or an actor - I have to be a director because I learned how to do that from my dad.

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An artist needs to live to cre...

An artist needs to live to create, and to live means to suffer.

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Every time I make a film, I fe...

Every time I make a film, I feel it gives me the chance to learn something new.

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Generally, I've never known qu...

Generally, I've never known quite how to fit in in civilian life, but on set, making a film, I know exactly where to go, how to behave and how I fit.

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I don't make a division betwee...

I don't make a division between an art film and commercial art.

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I feel more in touch with the ...

I feel more in touch with the world when I'm filming.

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I find it ironic that happy en...

I find it ironic that happy endings now are called fairytale endings because there's nothing happy about most fairytale endings.

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I like the idea of doing somet...

I like the idea of doing something outside my comfort zone.

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I see the job of directing as ...

I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.

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I wouldn't presume to know som...

I wouldn't presume to know something, but I have lots to learn and that's what I attempt to do through my work.

Joe Wright 51 quotes

I've been lucky over the past ...

I've been lucky over the past few years. Things have just happened for me.

Joe Wright 51 quotes

My father was 65 when I was bo...

My father was 65 when I was born so we didn't have much time together.

Joe Wright 51 quotes

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