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8 quotes by William Friedkin

William Friedkin (born August 29, 1935) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing The French Connection in 1971 and The Exorcist in 1973; for the former, he won the Academy Award for Best Director. Some of his other films include Sorcerer, Cruising, To Live and Die in L.A., Jade, Rules of Engagement, The Hunted, Bug, and Killer Joe.
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Violence is not funny.

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I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

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Technique is of less interest than character and story.

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I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost every day of my life about something or other. And I think it's the... →

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Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot... →

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The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that... →

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I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope... →

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The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is... →

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