Quote by Tony Kushner
You dont go to the movies to do historical research, unless its hi

You dont go to the movies to do historical research, unless its historical research about the movies. – Tony Kushner

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I feel theres a power in theatre, but its an indirect power. Its like the relationship of the sleeper to the unconscious. You discover things you cant afford to countenance in waking life. You can forget them, remember them a day later or not have any idea what they are about. – Tony Kushner

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relationship
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You have a strange relationship with calamity when youre a writer: you write about it as an artist, you objectify and fetishize it. You render life into material, and thats a creepy thing to do. – Tony Kushner

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relationship
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People shouldnt trust artists and they shouldnt trust art. Part of the fun of art is that it invites you to interpret it. – Tony Kushner

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Movies either work or they dont work and theyre either funny or theyre not and we work very hard. To achieve that kind of work is really kind of delicate stitching. – Ivan Reitman

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If youre not a real chameleon of an actor and if youre not one of those guys who can really shape-change themselves all the time, one of the ways to keep pushing yourself and keep changing is to be in different kinds of movies. – Ethan Hawke

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movies

When you see violence in movies in general, its very quick and painless, which isnt what its like. – Vincent Cassel

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movies

The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed. – Meryl Streep

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movies

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