Jonathan Demme Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It's a really amazing thing to be able to do.”

“When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that finally we had made a movie that had made some money!”

“I like finding a great shot and then just staying with it for a long time, not trying to pump things up with some kind of artificial energy by cutting.”

“Every film deserves its own unique look.”

“I didn't go to film school so my learning was done out in public and showed up on the screen.”

“I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.”

“As much as I love acoustic Neil Young - and I do deeply - I may be more passionate about the electric. Luckily it's not a contest, and we never have to make that choice. But Neil Young on an electric guitar - I feel like I've never seen or heard anything like it.”

“As a kid, a little kid, I loved going to the movies, and now I love making movies.”

“I don't think of Storefront Hitchcock or Stop Making Sense as documentaries, I think of them more as performance films.”

“I remember the Neil Young brand hitting me very hard immediately. He wasn't an acquired taste. I loved him immediately.”