Michael Winterbottom Quotes

#1. If you do a story about a British journalist rescuing a child from Sarajevo, then Sarajevo just becomes an exotic location, and the story's about this British journalist.

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#2. I still enjoy watching films more than making them.

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#3. If you make a film set in London or in Pakistan or wherever, the thing that interests me is the relationships between individuals - individuals and society, individuals and their family, their girlfriend or boyfriend, it's all the same idea.

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#4. I'm a fan of music from all over the world.

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#5. When people approach me about my films it is usually to tell me how much they hate them.

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#6. I prefer to watch people.

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#7. There's still a 1950s view of cinema, that there's one audience and they all want to see the same thing.

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#8. I think it would be impossible if you had a name like mine not to get a little flack for it.

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#9. A lot of the aspects of the world of the film are amalgams of things that already exist.

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#10. When you start being enthusiastic about whatever it is you like, that is the golden age for you.

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