James Marsh Quotes

#1. The issue often with films is how it works with money and trying to get a visible movie star presence in the film.

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#2. Usually, with the work I've done, by the end, I usually feel like it's a failure. It doesn't matter how it's received.

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#3. Black holes are pretty scary when you ponder them. They seem nihilistic, infinitely destructive on an inconceivable scale, notwithstanding the ideas of Hawking radiation.

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#4. I've always worked very efficiently on small budgets, both in documentaries and in features.

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#5. I find films incredibly emotional. That's the power of the medium.

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#6. I love America, but I've now got two young kids and America has changed so much since 9/11 and Bush. It's beyond Orwellian. The idea in '1984' that if you keep saying you're being attacked then you can get away with anything has come true.

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#7. I wanted to be a police detective. In my work, particularly in documentaries, I am obsessed with finding things out, seeking ever-new facts and perspectives - each project can involve years of research.

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#8. There is a sense of emptiness when you finish any film because you're empty and you can't give anything more to it anymore.

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#9. The score, which comes often quite later in a film, can help reinvigorate your emotional engagement with it.

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#10. I can be prickly and difficult on set.

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#11. For a film to be viable, it has to survive this process of scrutiny. I think most filmmakers have obsessive-compulsive tendencies and would be completely unemployable in any other job - so it's great to be able to channel your psychological anomalies into something productive and creative.

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