Lynne Ramsay Quotes

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Lynne Ramsay

Profession : Director

Birth : December 5, 1969

I think if you sell parts of your soul, you don't really know who you are anymore.

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It's hard to trust something completely.

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I love Aphex Twin's 'Rhubarb.'

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Sometimes what you don't show creates more of a mystery.

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I suppose every filmmaker, at least the filmmakers I really like, are amateur psychologists to a degree. Or they come from a psychological approach, I guess.

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Kevin' was shot in 30 days.

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To me life is very complex. But there's always humor.

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Working with cool people helps when working with few shots. You trust yourself and them.

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Film school was frustrating for me at first but I met some cool people like Lucia Zucchetti - she was amazing.

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A 30-day shoot is a nightmare.

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If you want to achieve a real labour of love, it can be painful, too.

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Just being in love with making films makes me carry on.

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I remember with 'Ratcatcher,' in the script it was beautiful blue skies and sunny every day, but it rained constantly. You have to go with what the film is going to be.

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I've had some bad experiences, but I've also been lucky and I just feel so privileged to be able to even make films.

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When I was younger, making films was so all-consuming. It was a life-or-death thing. Films still mean so much to me when I'm making them. So I had to get away from that attitude of living or dying with every film, because otherwise you'll go insane.

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There's something called toxic stress, which is repeated exposure to trauma. I was fascinated by how it affects the brain and the development of a person.

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You can always tell a great photographer because they make you feel super-relaxed.

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I love the discipline of shooting film, because you don't cover everything, and I'm glad that I learned that way.

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To me violence, once you've done one violent act it leads to another, it leads to another, it leads to another, it becomes routine.

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