All Joel Coen Quotes
The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous in the movie is made clear? It doesn't get you anywhere.
Joel Coen
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You're doing it to make the character as specific as possible, so that it's a specific individual that you're talking about, not that whole class of people.
Joel Coen
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If the material is challenging, it forces you to challenge yourself when handling it.
Joel Coen
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Some people come out going, I don't get it. And I don't quite know what they're trying to get, what they're struggling for. We have had the reaction where people leave the movie sort of uncomfortable and befuddled. Although that wasn't our intention.
Joel Coen
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It's a funny thing because you look at the careers of other filmmakers, and you see them sort of slow down, and you realize, maybe this becomes harder to do as you get older. That's sort of a cautionary thing. I hope it doesn't happen to me.
Joel Coen
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When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer. That's a little bit different than when you sit down and write something to satisfy yourself, because then you're the employer.
Joel Coen
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The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story.
Joel Coen
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Maybe our telling of the story wasn't as clear as it should have been, but I don't think that's true. In terms of understanding the story, it comes across.
Joel Coen
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Other kinds of movie stars, it's a different thing, they bring their persona to the part and that's what people like to see, and they are not really transforming in terms of their character.
Joel Coen
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Usually, I don't want to sit down and listen to the director gas on about his movie. I just can't actually imagine myself sitting down and having that much to say.
Joel Coen
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People that have been interested in our work for awhile... those are the last people you want to disappoint.
Joel Coen
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I couldn't have been happier with the relationship we had with Disney, it couldn't have been easier.
Joel Coen
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