Parker Posey Quotes

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Parker Posey

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 8, 1968

I kind of grew up in the indie world, and now that sort of writing and material is on television.

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Louis C.K. was able to make it happen. His producers don't bug him. He's able to go into his cave and write exactly what he wants to write, and there are no decisions made by committee, and you have a singular voice, and everyone's like, 'Oh my God! We love this.'

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We shot 'Party Girl' on film, and I remember being told, 'We need to get this in two takes because we don't have a lot of film in the mag right now!'

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I like the two worlds coming together in the Internet space, which is so up for grabs... It all struck me when I heard about Twitter and Instagram, how it's like notes you pass in class. If someone's passing you a note, you really should be doing something else, and instead you're like, oh, 'What are you doing?'

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I'm kind of a robot in a way. Or a Tron.

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I care about being creative and expressing myself.

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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.

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The culture is eating nature; it's overpowering storytelling. Movies are turning into games - it's abut the image, not nuance.

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I love the romcom. I thought I had a career playing the best friend. What happened to that? It's really sad to me.

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Why are women always described as 'desperate,' while men are just... irrational?

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I get to enter into the world the director has created: to live these different lives on top of my own life.

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When I did 'Guffman,' it was terrifying. I didn't know what to say. I started talking, and it just came out.

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Do you know why I don't like doing press? I have trouble condensing things. I'd rather have a conversation.

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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.

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I traveled to Morocco once, and I only saw one television when I was there, but I did go into this dirt cave and I saw this kid chopping tomatoes and pita, and he had a picture on the wall of Jean-Claude Van Damme holding a gun. That connected with him on the other side of the world, so no wonder these big movies are made - they have a mass appeal.

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I was raised Catholic, but the devil was never with a pitchfork.

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I think people probably think I self-start, but I don't... I'm an actor, and I like to be of use to the director. To be a muse.

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It hasn't really made it easier getting film work. It's not like I can call up a studio or a producer and say - insert haughty voice here - 'It's Parker. I guess you might know me as the indie queen. I'm wondering if you have any projects for me to be in.'

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You really don't get paid in these independent movies, no matter how many people see them.

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I'm glad I'm Southern. I'm the Southerner who's very Southern in that she left to move to New York.

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