Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Julia Leigh Quotes

Australian - Novelist | 1970 -

There is a difference between a voyeur and a tender witness. Maybe I think the audience is more of a tender witness than a voyeur, which has a shady undertone.

Think More Difference Audience Shady

I always find it extremely hard to remember the act of beginning. I almost deliberately forget it.

Beginning Remember Find Forget Hard

I've never forgotten what it's like to be in your early twenties, which is not a particularly easy time. You've left your family, you've left the strictures of high school, and you're trying to break free and form yourself but you have to support yourself as well. We don't really give enough credence to that time of life and to its troubles.

Life Family Time Yourself School

I do believe we're all adaptable, and you're probably more adaptable than you realize.

Believe You More Realize Than

One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that.

Important Hard Finger Tone Things

It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.

Think Filmmaking Dangerous Too Much

I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.

People Trying Skin Go Way Out

To me, the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is, inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't think it's ever a rational process.

Truth Time Me Truth Is Think

I love films where you go into the cinema and loosen the edges of yourself and you hopefully enter into the world of the film. You're watching something unfold before you. I prefer the idea of wonder or intense wonder over shock or something.

Love Yourself World You Cinema Go

The most important thing is to have something important to say and finding the means to say it.

Finding Important Say Something Most

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

Trust Together Picture Filmmaking

I think it's restrictive to typecast myself as a novelist because I enjoy other forms of expression. I love literature and I love cinema.

Love Myself Think Literature Enjoy

12 Next page Last

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Julia Leigh quotes