Quotes by Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan

Don’t get depressed about not being where you want to be. This nagging feeling of anxiety is actually called ambition. Ambition is your friend.

Ambition

Anxiety

Feelings

Every actor has a different temperament. Part of my job is to know what those boundaries are. The actor has to know you’ll be there at the other end, that you’re trying to represent them in the best light, who they are as they’re harnessing these roles. The methods vary from actor to actor.

Jobs

Light

Trying

I believe my signal of maturity as a filmmaker iswhen I’ll actually acknowledge the fact that the first take is usuallythe best.

Believe

Firsts

Maturity

I do think you fall in love when you feel that something of your story is being listened to for the first time, or you feel someone else is hearing it as no one else has ever done.

Done

Falling In Love

Thinking

I find it deeply upsetting when I see justice not being served. How do we as human beings deal with the unknown? The West Memphis Three trial is a joke on so many different levels.

Different

Justice

Upset

I just think I love the process of making films. It’s not tortuous for me at all. I love being with my crew. I love actors. There’s a joy to the process.

Joy

Love Is

Thinking

I love when people are resilient and when they form ways of dealing with grief or dealing with some traumatic episode, and sometimes those are the wrong choices.

Choices

Grief

People

I make my living doing freelance directing for North American television shot in Toronto, series like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Twilight Zone, and so forth.

Television

Toronto

Twilight

I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society – and in a sense it is a question of scope.

Looks

Our Society

Thinking

I think in the ’80s, when I started making films, we were all suspicious of these technologies. We were all convinced they would filter out any emotion and sense of intimacy, and the films I made during that period reflected that. In fact, what has happened is the opposite. I think we’re saturated with a degree of intimacy we would never have expected, and we’re trying to sort through this idea of complete access to each other’s lives on an ongoing basis. Our emotions aren’t filtered out at all. They’re actually accelerated.

Technology

Thinking

Trying

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Ambition

Anxiety

Armenia

Believe

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Careers

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Choices

Cost

Denial

Different

Done

Dream

Energy

Environmental

Expectations

Falling In Love

Feelings

Film

Firsts

Ghouls

Grief

Holocaust

Important

Independent

Interesting

Issues

Jobs

Joy

Justice

Light

Looks

Love Is

Maturity

Mind

Moving

Organization

Our Society

People

Purpose

Shooting

Space

Technology

Television

Thinking

Toronto

Trying

Turkeys

Twilight

Upset

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Quotes by Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan

Don’t get depressed about not being where you want to be. This nagging feeling of anxiety is actually called ambition. Ambition is your friend.

Every actor has a different temperament. Part of my job is to know what those boundaries are. The actor has to know you’ll be there at the other end, that you’re trying to represent them in the best light, who they are as they’re harnessing these roles. The methods vary from actor to actor.

I believe my signal of maturity as a filmmaker iswhen I’ll actually acknowledge the fact that the first take is usuallythe best.

I do think you fall in love when you feel that something of your story is being listened to for the first time, or you feel someone else is hearing it as no one else has ever done.

I find it deeply upsetting when I see justice not being served. How do we as human beings deal with the unknown? The West Memphis Three trial is a joke on so many different levels.

I just think I love the process of making films. It’s not tortuous for me at all. I love being with my crew. I love actors. There’s a joy to the process.

I love when people are resilient and when they form ways of dealing with grief or dealing with some traumatic episode, and sometimes those are the wrong choices.

I make my living doing freelance directing for North American television shot in Toronto, series like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Twilight Zone, and so forth.

I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society – and in a sense it is a question of scope.

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