Ramin Bahrani Quotes

#1. We're living in a time period where if a kid is on a plastic scooter that's one inch off the ground, mom and dad think he should have a helmet on. I don't think they should have a helmet on. They should break their leg and have an imagination. Otherwise, we're going to have a nation of accountants.

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#2. The people who run the major banks have MBAs and wear suits. And when those people in suits come to the homes of people who don't have a high school diploma, don't even speak English, and offer them a home at zero percent down, that doesn't make a hell of a lot of sense.

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#3. So much can be learned by any filmmaker by studying his work, in terms of blocking, staging, editing and sound.

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#4. Most of the projects aren't that interesting anymore. There used to be a day when the studios made amazing films, and they were about human beings.

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#5. Since Hollywood seems to be more interested in people wearing tights and using powers, there seems to be a fertile ground for movies about real human beings.

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#6. I like to give the actors the freedom, and they know they have the freedom, to change anything they want at any time.

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#7. The job of the writer and the filmmaker is not to impose his vision on the reality, but to be inspired by the reality and create a vision out of that.

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#8. We're living in a world that says that if you engage in mass fraud, you'll be rewarded, but if you go down the street and steal an orange juice, you get arrested.

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#9. I never say "Action" or "Cut." Never. I think that would disturb the life from happening in and around everything.

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#10. Sometimes we have dreams, but we just can't make them. That's normal.

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#11. You have to let life come and go.

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#12. The actors come and you start seeing things happen for real.

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