Mary Harron quotes
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“It's interesting that gay men and young women have been the twin engines of the Bettie [Page] cult.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "Interview: The Bettie Page Story". Interview with Susie Bright, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2017.
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“I wonder if Bettie Page original gay cult had something to do with the ironies inherent in her image, as well as her innate fabulousness as an image.”
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“Bettie Page was the first person to do bondage as fashion, because for her it really was all about dressing up.”
-- Mary HarronSource : Source: susiebright.blogs.com
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“One of the secrets of being a great photographic model, as it is for a great film actor, is that you let the camera in. It's an intimacy that the model or actor creates with the lens, that then transmits itself to the viewer.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "Interview: The Bettie Page Story". Interview with Susie Bright, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2017.
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“She [Bettie Page] was a traumatized person, but she did have an active sex life.”
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“Someone can be mentally ill, but if they are young and beautiful and their life is going well, people don't notice because at that point the cracks are almost imperceptible.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "Interview: The Bettie Page Story". Interview with Susie Bright, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2017.
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“I don't think there is any one route to directing.... Other than that I think you just have to think 'By any means possible' and take any job you can that will get you experience. I also did a lot for free. I got paid virtually nothing for my first film, but it changed my life.”
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“I really dislike it when women reject feminism; that's ridiculous. I am a product of feminism. Without feminism I would not be making films.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to lead.”
-- Mary HarronSource : Source: www.believermag.com
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“I think morale is the hardest part, not comparing yourself to someone else. I think everyone compares themselves to someone more successful than they are. Everyone does it. You have to embrace your own rocky path.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“I had long periods where I couldn't make things happen, and then periods of enormous good luck. I guess the trick is to keep going in the periods when you're not lucky, when your stars are not aligned.”
-- Mary HarronSource : Interview with Anisse Gross, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about movies - you're stuck with the aftermath.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories.”
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“Some actors can draw from their own darkness.”
-- Mary HarronSource : Interview with Anisse Gross, logger.believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“I'm not trying to make the world a better place.”
-- Mary HarronSource : Interview with Anisse Gross, believermag.com. March 2014.
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“Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a very different perspective. You don't think you're at the center of things.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“In my early thirties I was working in television as a researcher. I was really stuck for a period of five years. I got to TV when I was thirty. I hated being a music writer, and kept wondering why I couldn't be doing the exciting things that my friends were doing in television.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“Frankly, you're always up and down. You're successful and then you're not.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“I'm bored by films that revolve around a trick. I kind of know if a film is right for me; all the most important decisions are made intuitively.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's a chance to try out different styles.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre movies function as genre movies.”
-- Mary HarronSource : Source: www.believermag.com
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“I think any big success is paralyzing. I have observed it in others.”
-- Mary HarronSource : Source: www.believermag.com
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“I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“I see that women still have self-doubt, and at the same time I feel like I see all these fantastic young women, and they all have ambition and are so focused on their futures. I don't think that's an anomaly anymore.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“They say that depression is anger you turn on yourself, and I think women do that.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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“There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.”
-- Mary HarronSource : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
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