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A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

- Wes Craven
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I was always told that films were evil and such, but I started to realise what a load of crap it was that something this good should be forbidden. I had been allowed to read as much as I wanted when I was younger, so I recognised great art when I saw it; I just didn't realise it would be at the cinema as well.

A businessman can be as military as any politician.

In general, I don't even have the luxury of rehearsal time on most films that I make. It is just a scene-by-scene full cast read through. It's very much just doing the rehearsal sometimes the day before, at the end of the day, but just on the spot as the scene unfolds.

When you do a film like 'My Soul to Take,' and people think it sucks, that hurts. We put a lot of work into it, and it's a good film, but you go on.

The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.

My goal is to die in my 90s on the set, say, 'That's a wrap,' after the last shot, fall over dead, and have the grips go out and raise a beer to me.

Hawks is great, 'The Treasure of Sierra Madre,' 'The Big Sleep'... He could do the Salt-of-the-Earth very well. He was a very smooth director; a very good film architect in terms of his storytelling.

I have a lot of fans who are people of color. I think, if nothing else, I kind of understand that sense of being on the outside looking in, culturally.

All of us have our individual curses, something that we are uncomfortable with and something that we have to deal with, like me making horror films, perhaps.

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A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.

A big part of directing is being strong in certain circumstances and taking the gamble and hope you don't get fired.