Quotes by Jose Padilha

Jose Padilha

A film is a living thing. The screenplay is a guideline. You really need to have a good, sound script to know that you have a dramatic structure that’s going to work thematically, and to know how one scene will got through another, and to get a sense of character.

Character

Scripts

Sound

A lot of jobs today are being automated; what happens when you extend that concept to very important areas of society like law enforcement? What happens if you start controlling the behavior of criminals or people in general with software-running machines? Those questions, they look like they’re sci-fi but they’re not.

Jobs

Law

Running

As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That’s what I care about.

Care

Film

Heart

As it turns out, what looks like science sometimes is not.

Looks

Sometimes

Turns

Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it.

Deals

Hypocrisy

Looks

How can I make a movie about the violence of the police if the police aren’t going to let me film it?

Film

Police

Violence

How do you make RoboCop? How do you slowly bring a guy to be a robot? How do you actually take humanity out of someone and how do you program a brain, so to speak, and how does that affect an individual?

Brain

Guy

Humanity

I come from a documentary background and my natural tendency, as a filmmaker, is to make a movie, if I have something to talk about. If it’s not about anything that matters, I don’t feel like doing it. I’m not against people who make movies just for fun, but I’m not one of those guys. I just want to provoke thinking and debating about certain issues.

Fun

Issues

Thinking

I don’t actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don’t have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.

Block

Cameras

Giving

I have to be clear with myself and very conscious of what I am trying to say. Misunderstandings will always take place; it’s unavoidable.

Clear

Conscious

Trying

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Acting

Action

Block

Brain

Cameras

Care

Character

Choices

Class

Clear

Conscious

Cop

Criminals

Criticism

Deals

Description

Digital

Dimensions

Dirty

Fascism

Feels

Film

Finding Yourself

Firsts

Fun

Giving

Guy

Heart

Humanity

Hypocrisy

Imagination

Impact

Important

Issues

Jobs

Law

Looks

Measurement

Media

Millions

Needs

Objectivity

People

Perspective

Pirate

Police

Political

Politician

Principles

Race

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Quotes by Jose Padilha

Jose Padilha

A film is a living thing. The screenplay is a guideline. You really need to have a good, sound script to know that you have a dramatic structure that’s going to work thematically, and to know how one scene will got through another, and to get a sense of character.

As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That’s what I care about.

As it turns out, what looks like science sometimes is not.

Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it.

How can I make a movie about the violence of the police if the police aren’t going to let me film it?

How do you make RoboCop? How do you slowly bring a guy to be a robot? How do you actually take humanity out of someone and how do you program a brain, so to speak, and how does that affect an individual?

I don’t actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don’t have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.

I have to be clear with myself and very conscious of what I am trying to say. Misunderstandings will always take place; it’s unavoidable.

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