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I don't think American independent films have ever really been particularly experimental, except for the original guys from the '60s who were huge influences, like Stan Brakhage, Robert Breer, and Stan van der Beek. They were the true independents. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

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I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

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I was originally a painter, and I made films sort of as an extension of that, and then I started to try to make dramatic films because the early films were experimental films. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

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There's a lot of films that have relatively rigid road maps because they have a script and others that are less rigid because they have less of a script, like 'Elephant.' The road map becomes more interpretive, maybe, than one with a detailed script. Editing-wise, they all have their problems. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

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Except here it's more power, more energy, younger and also in Europe it's still not only entertainment. Theater or films are looked at as a moral institution. That's why maybe they're so poetic. Here it's clear entertainment. ↗

— Maximilian Schell

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I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun. ↗

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

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If I wasn't an actor and I watched my films, I could easily be like 'This guy's a clown,' you know? ↗

— Seann William Scott

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There are certain filmmakers I'd like to work with that I don't think would take a risk with me, because I could be distracting in their film. It'll take a couple films to prove to them that it's worth the risk. ↗

— Seann William Scott

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Action films are great, but an action film that has characters that are compelling and a story that people can care about is something even better. We love to see action heroes that are vulnerable, that are sensitive, that are family people, that are accessible. ↗

— Steven Seagal

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All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us. ↗

— Yahoo Serious

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