Lynne Ramsay Quotes

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Lynne Ramsay

Profession : Director

Birth : December 5, 1969

I've found that film-making's not just a job, it becomes part of your whole life.

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I was at the National Film School and was a cinematographer there. I got quite a lot of experience on documentary film-making and with directors who were interesting - maybe they weren't using scripts or were using non-actors.

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I love to see great dialogue in the cinema but I hate to see 'Film TV.'

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I don't want to become a director for hire.

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I think 'Ratcatcher' broke even as a film, but it got a good critical response. I think that people knew that it wasn't going to be a conventional piece of work, but they were still willing to invest in it. With this material you have to be quite courageous.

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Quite often you get a lot of films with lots of story but no characterisation.

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Ultimately, you're happiest in yourself when you make your best work.

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I don't need to own one but I like to look at Diane Arbus's pictures and anything by Jackson Pollock.

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I don't really watch TV; YouTube is far more entertaining. But I have tuned in to 'X Factor' - I like trash and nature programmes.

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My mother told me to stay away from boys, but that didn't work out.

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It's funny - sometimes when you approach people they get freaked out but occasionally you'll find a gem who's unselfconscious in front of the camera.

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My brother gave my mother a lot of trouble.

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I have twins and luckily when I first looked at them I felt, I am really into you. I am going to find it easy to love you. But there are mothers out there who do not make that connection. It is a taboo subject but it is not exotic. It is a nightmare.

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You have to keep going or this industry will roll over you and leave you for dead.

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If you feel you have made a great piece of work, which the script for 'The Lovely Bones' was, and that it suddenly means nothing, it's like being in the land of the lost. You don't know what's good or bad and what anything means.

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Well, the film industry is completely sexist and completely class-biased. It's not something I get on the ground level, it's more from financiers and producers and distributors. It's a way of dealing with you that is essentially patronising: I know better than you.

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On a film shoot, a crew will know instantly when they are dealing with someone who knows the technical stuff and they respond accordingly. It's often about getting their respect from the off.

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Where I find things tough is when things are hidden, and people don't say what they mean.

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You know, I grew up in a place where people appreciate it when you're very direct.

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Straight talking and going on your instincts was important when I grew up. And being funny.

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