I tend to be attracted to characters who... | William Friedkin

Behavior Film

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 with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.

- William Friedkin

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The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

- Anita Diament

Other quotes by William Friedkin

Idea Film School Want Will

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 original to you.

- William Friedkin

Actor Work First

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, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.

- William Friedkin

Style

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 be superimposed.

- William Friedkin

Eyes Rest Life People

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 one thing, as I look into people's eyes, that I think I share with almost everybody.

- William Friedkin

Violence Funny

Violence is not funny.

- William Friedkin

Sex Funny

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

- William Friedkin

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Eccentric behavior is not routinely noticed around a movie set.

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Behavior Man

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

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Behavior Present Now

You lose your habitual behavior, which allowed you to sort of zone out. You have to be here, you have to be now, you have to be present.

- Sally Field

Behavior Man Being

Being abroad makes you conscious of the whole imitative side of human behavior. The ape in man.

- Mary McCarthy

Behavior

Our learning ought to be our lives' amendment, and the fruits of our private study ought to appear in our public behavior.

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Behavior Meeting First

Which, the first meeting with anybody is, you know, everybody is on their best behavior. It's only after you get to know them for a while that you figure out.

- Arthur Rock