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So much of selling a film in the industry is about creating a fulcrum where all the pressure comes to bear, and something seems suddenly valuable and approved by an audience. It's amazing how people could pick up tons of films on the cheap, but they don't because they wait until everything is laid out for them.
— Whit Stillman
Tags: pressure, amazing, wait, people

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What I find remarkable is that so much of the 18th century literature that I read is more accessible than reading your alternative weekly from ten years ago. People really aspired to write clearly.
— Whit Stillman
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I've learned that I really want to shoot short films on a short schedule. There can be very good films that run 110 minutes, but 90 minutes is beautiful.
— Whit Stillman
Tags: short, want, beautiful, good
I learned that you have to say that you're a filmmaker. You're not a screenwriter; you're not a director for hire. You've got to take charge. You're a filmmaker, and you're going to make a film.
— Whit Stillman
Tags: make, director, say, you
The dull externals of the screenwriter's working life are well known: We are the people taking up too much table space at cafes.
— Whit Stillman
Tags: too-much, space, people, life
I like things that are sort of comic and humorous rather than satirical.
— Whit Stillman
Tags: comic, than, things, like
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