All of my films deal with the same thing: striving, socially and culturally, to stay alive. - Robert Altman

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The starting point of great success in your life begins, in the simplest terms, when you discipline yourself to think and talk about only the things you want and refuse to think and talk about anything you don't want.

Robert Altman

All of my films deal with the same thing: striving, socially and culturally, to stay alive.

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Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.

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I never knew what I wanted, except that it was something I hadn't seen before.

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I am not an expert. That is someone else's job. If I were expert, the approach would be all wrong. It would be from the inside. I am a blunderer. I usually don't know what I am going into at the start. I go into the fog and trust something will be there.

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There was not a lot of dialogue. The titles were just to keep you up. It's the visual stimulation that hits the audience. That's the reason for film. Otherwise, we might as well turn the light out and call it radio.

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I insist that they do what they became actors to do. I want them to create something and not just hit marks and say words. So they all love that because they're playing. It's called playacting. Their contributions are not only welcomed, but are accepted and used.

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