Robert Altman Quotes

It's a variety show. We wrote it as we went along. As we were casting people, he was rewriting constantly. This guy's a genius. We deferred to each other. He's been in charge of himself and his show for 30 years and so have I. So we suddenly had a monster with two heads.

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Maybe there's a chance to get back to ... grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people.

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I don't know what a best director is, except that (it is) someone who stands in the same space with the best actors, ... I feel that they do the work and I get to watch. And nothing is better than that.

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Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

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Men make clothes for the women they'd like to be with or in most cases the women they'd like to be.

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I always thought this kind of award meant that it was over. I'm here, I think, under false pretences. I think I have to become straight with you. Ten years ago, 11 years ago I had a heart transplant, a total heart transplant.

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A Prairie Home Companion.

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Every time we try to turn the lights up, they say, 'Turn 'em down'

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Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. Youare wise if you donat stick your finger in the light plug. Love -- youall stick your finger in anything.

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No other filmmaker has gotten a better shake than I have I never had to direct a film I didn't choose and develop. Eleven years ago, I had a heart transplant. I got the heart of a young woman who is in her late 30s. So by that calculation, you may be giving me this award too early, because I think I've got 40 years left, and I intend to use them.

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What's a cult It just means not enough people to make a minority.

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No filmmaker has gotten a better shake than I have. By that calculation, you may be giving this award too early. Because I think I've got about 40 years left and I intend to use them.

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I'm here, I think, under kind of false pretenses, and I think I have to become straight with you. Ten years ago, 11 years ago, I had a heart transplant -- a total heart transplant. I got the heart of, I think, a young woman who was about in her late 30s. So, by that calculation, you may be giving me this award too early, because I think I got about 40 years left on it -- and I intend to use it.

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And I said, 'No. You either give this film back to me, or you don't.' I said, 'I've gone through that, I've gone through all this collaboration process.' And they gave it back to me, and I finished the film and delivered it to them.

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It's all just one film to me. Just different chapters.

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If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France.

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We're not against each other. They sell shoes and I make gloves.

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If you don't have a leg to stand on, you can't put your foot down.

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I think these awards are wonderful. Cinema should get more international. The fine boundary lines don't really exist any more.

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