Italian - Director | August 8, 1919 - November 10, 2010
To me the only real star of the movie is the writer. And I work with writers very closely, from outline to first draft and on to the seventh draft, whatever it takes. Then my job is to support the director to make the best movie we can. Some producers try to go past them, but my job is to support them.
Dino De Laurentiis
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Nobody taught Picasso how to paint - he learned for himself. And nobody can teach you to be a producer. You can learn the mechanics, but you can't learn what's right about a script or a director or an actor. That comes from instinct and intuition. It comes from inside you.
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The audience wants to be attracted not by the critics, but by a great story. You must deliver to the audience emotion - and when I say emotion, I mean suspense, drama, love.
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I've been very lucky in my long life. On three continents, in diverse cultures, through happy moments, not-so-happy moments, and moments as marvelous as this one, I've had the privilege of working with the cinema's greatest masters.
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If you get a book which is 600 pages, you have to reduce it to a script of 100 pages. In two hours of film, you cannot possibly include all the characters.
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We set ourselves a limit and cut characters which weren't so vital.
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It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good.
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After The Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal, the audience would like to know where, when, and who arrests Hannibal Lecter for the first time. This is the story of Red Dragon.
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Mr Tony Hopkins says he's willing to do it if he likes the script.
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I see my face in the mirror, and I said, 'No, my ambition is not to be an actor.'
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I realized the exciting place was behind the camera with the producer, director and so on.
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My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can.
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