American - Director | 1953 -
We've heard the excuses from those responsible for hiring that they don't want to take a chance on a new director. But the truth is that the industry hires new directors all the time; it's just that most of them are white males.
Lesli Linka Glatter
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I was born in Dallas, and I grew up both there and in New York City, which was very schizophrenic.
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When I went into film, it never occurred to me that I wouldn't be able to do whatever I wanted to do. Maybe that was a good thing in the beginning. I had blinders on, and I charged forward.
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One of my first episodic jobs was on 'Twin Peaks,' if you can imagine that - one of the most unusual series ever.
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I like to really know what every scene is about, what the text is, what the subtext is. Then I figure out how to express that when I'm shooting.
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Like any director working today, I started out when somebody took a shot at hiring me. It's how we all start out - male, female, white or minority.
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As somebody who has been an executive producer on a television series, I can tell you that increasing director diversity is as simple as hiring more women and more people of color.
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Sometimes there are no good choices.
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Demi Moore is an extremely sexy woman. Melanie Griffith, Annette Bening - these are all brave women. They've all managed to have kids and still be sexy. If anything, being a mom makes them even sexier.
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My background is in modern dance. I was a dancer and a choreographer before I was a director, and in dance, you can't cheat. Your leg goes up in the air, or it doesn't. So when I direct, I'm a big preparer.
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I don't ever want to impose something on the story. I want the story to tell me.
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When you're working in a collaborative storytelling medium, every step of the way, you're opening yourself up.
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