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15 quotes by Mark Romanek

Mark Romanek (born September 18, 1959) is an American filmmaker whose directing work includes feature films, music videos, and commercials. Romanek wrote and directed the 2002 film One Hour Photo and the 2010 film Never Let Me Go. His most notable music videos include "Hurt" (Johnny Cash), "Closer" (Nine Inch Nails), "Criminal" (Fiona Apple), "Scream" (Michael & Janet Jackson), "Bedtime Story" (Madonna), and "Shake It Off" (Taylor Swift)....
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The trick is falling in love with something enough, and being excited enough by something, to want to make that year and a half or two year... →

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Actually, the British boarding school experience turns out to be not that exotic.

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I have these ideas that people go 'Oh, that's cool. I'd pay to see it, but I'm not gonna give you $25 million.'

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Music videos were this lucky career opportunity. They were assignments. I was providing a service, and they were meant to be punchy and gimmicky and... →

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Here's my tip: Have your production hire the best hair stylists on the planet to do your films and commercials, then casually hint about how... →

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I err on the side of a kind of optimistic agnostic sense that there's something that put us all here - some energy or something that we are not... →

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In some instances, I would say the writer does deserve equal billing with the director. In other instances the director - especially if he wrote part... →

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All the director wants is their idea of the movie to be believed in.

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From a personal standpoint, I'd say that, yeah, seeing how quickly children grow, you realize how fast life goes by.

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I think that I've learned to relax, and trust in and hire very talented people, and trust in their abilities a little more.

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I'm of the school that I will direct you if you request it - if you have a question.

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I always wanted to be a feature filmmaker and tried to treat that experience as some sort of elite film school where I could learn the craft, and got... →

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I do believe that there are auteurs, in the sense that there are filmmakers with very strong voices and their voices are communicated on to the... →

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