Harmony Korine Quotes

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Harmony Korine

Profession : Director

Birth : September 1, 1974

I tried working odd jobs that had nothing to do with creating, and it was difficult for me. In the end, I just always loved movies. When I'm making a film, I feel most alive, like I'm doing the right thing, and I'm in the place where I need to be.

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Ever since I was little, I would just make stories up in my mind. It was based on people I saw in the street or someone I would talk to, or I would hear a specific voice.

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I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.

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I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.

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Some of the most radical work is being done in the most commercially pop venues, and some of the most boring work is being done in avant-garde territory.

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I never really feel wrong while making movies. I know myself, and I know that my intentions are pure and I'm on the side of righteousness.

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It's hard to say things without coming off in a certain way, but at a young age, I felt very driven. All I ever wanted to be is a soldier of cinema.

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I always wanted the films to play in malls, and I wanted as many people as possible to see them. I never want them to be marginalized in the kind of rarefied, elitist world. I always have hopes that the films will permeate culture in a big way. A lot of times, I'm wrong, but it's always the hope.

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I don't make movies for the same reason that a lot of people do. I make films because I need to see them exist in a very specific way.

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