Quotes About Author

We got sick of interviews and performances - for a long time, it came back to doing 'Take on Me.' It became a circus number instead of music.

There is a porous membrane between a documentary that doesn't use interviews and what you would call a neorealist hybrid film.

I decided I would never do interviews again.

I don't really like doing interviews.

I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then they would transcribe their life-story and it would be a big success. Or should be.

Over the last 20 years, everyone who interviews me feels compelled to ask at least one question about 'The Island of Dr. Moreau.'

I prefer to do in-person interviews, but it's all a part of the job, and I love talking about these movies so much.

I think my interviews were much better than what some of the writers wrote. I just wanted the truth out.

I read interviews saying women can bring a femininity to a song, a delicacy, but some women make really aggressive music.

Interviews are my least favorite thing to do.

I want you to understand, when I do these interviews, I say a lot of goofy things because that's what people expect me to say. But I never said ever that I was trying to prove the flat Earth with this rocket. It's to raise awareness, to inspire people, to dream - which is what we used to do in this country.

I don't like to do interviews, to be honest. I hate interviews.

I think that if you are looking at a comic that's made by one person, that there's just a level of intimacy that I don't really see anywhere else.

I have an affinity for writing in the first person. I love the intimacy of being dropped inside the character.

When I started, you didn't focus so much on production, certainly not - gosh - down to the finest little detail of how you shifted your eyes or how you turned to somebody. A lot of the shots were far away from a still camera. There weren't as many close-ups and intimacy.

I feel scenes of sexual intimacy are ruined if the director is embarrassed.

Romantic scenes are a part of Bollywood cinema, and if the script demands some kind of intimacy, I have no issues with my daughter doing those scenes.

Most English houses, grand or small, nestle in an intimate pastoral setting.

I'm not fond of any of my films in an intimate way, but Gregory's Girl would be number 4 on my list.

My writing, it's mostly fiction, but I want it to feel intimate and real.

I do bring an intimate knowledge of the South African team. I know the little idiosyncrasies of each of them.

I'm not intimidated by embracing a familiar form and what's familiar about it and making it my own. It is, I think, one of my gifts.

I'm not a macho guy. I'm very soft-spoken on the set. But I'm not really intimidated by the process of making movies.

When a show's already established, and a director comes to set, it can be quite the intimidating experience.