Lester Persky quotes
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“In order to make a movie it isn't enough to have a script, it isn't enough to have a director, it isn't enough to have a male actor and a female actor, it isn't enough to have financing. You have to have them all at the same instant.”
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“I don't really sit in the sun I have a flagstone terrace surrounding the swimming pool and just carrying the script from the office to the living room gives me an instant suntan.”
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“The secret is to get a good cinematographer and a very good assistant director. If you get those and stay out of their way, and have good actresses, the script doesn't even have to be that extraordinary.”
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“The script just can't commit the sin of being boring.”
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“Paris may be expensive but I love it. It's the one place to spend money and enjoy.”
-- Lester Persky
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Source : "Ştiinţa antisemitismului ("The Science of Anti-Semitism")". "Apararea Nationala" ("The National Defense") No. 16, Nov. 15, 1922.
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“In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.”
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“In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear.”
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“Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story.”
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Source : Source: www.gq.com
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“All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.”
Source : "Will Ferrell, Adam McKay Celebrate 'The Other Guys'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross., www.npr.org. August 5, 2010.
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“Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.”
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