Christine Vachon quotes
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“In film producing, there is an inherent tension between the director, the money and the producer, and that's what keeps it flowing and honest and accountable.”
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“When a crisis occurs, I feel that one of my greatest responsibilities is to set a tone of calm no matter what the problems. Sometimes I have to fake confidence a lot. I also have to fake calm.”
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“There's something in the Zeitgeist now. A lot of [film] scripts I get have these very dark themes, a cornucopia of dysfunction. You know, Jane is a 13-year-old anorexic who lives with her parents and has been raped by her father. And this is a comedy.”
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“I keep trying to train myself to stop saying 'filmmaker' and start saying 'storyteller.' We're telling stories.”
-- Christine VachonSource : "SXSW: The 8 Best Things Christine Vachon Said at Her Keynote" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. March 17, 2015.
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“The only way to sustain a career is to be as prolific as you can be, and open to opportunities.”
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“My first job, honestly, was as a proofreader. I say that a little disparagingly, but it actually was this sort of incredible thing, where I got this job proofreading for a cable television magazine.”
-- Christine VachonSource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“It's humiliating to have to explain your value.”
-- Christine VachonSource : "Producer Roundtable: 6 Filmmakers on 'Compton' Threats, Tarantino Outbursts and the Truth Behind a 'Star Wars' 'Firing'". Interview with Stephen Galloway and Matthew Belloni, www.hollywoodreporter.com. November 11, 2015.
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“Being on a set where the director has lost control is just sickening. No one goes the extra mile, theres a lot of eye-rolling... it just breeds inertia. If a director is in control, the crew follow their leader. But the second anyone senses the directors are not sure, people just swoop in.”
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“Ultimately when I throw myself behind a movie, I have to really believe in that directors vision.”
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“I came to New York, and it was a really cool time. People like Jim Jarmusch and Spike Lee were making their first movies, and they were making movies that were personal narratives.”
-- Christine VachonSource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“There were Hollywood movies and then there were those aggressively anti-narrative films that they showed at the Collective for Living Cinema.”
-- Christine VachonSource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“I always say, what really makes a movie commercial is that it makes its money back.”
-- Christine VachonSource : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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