Jane Campion

I love it when actors come to you with a problem and you have to listen. You'd like them to just get on with it, but it often means that there's a problem with the script. ↗

— Jane Campion

#get #i #i love #just #like

I think feature film can be quite conservative, because you have to now get audiences to come out, and it's quite a hard thing to do. Of course, television can be conservative too. ↗

— Jane Campion

#because #come #conservative #course #feature

I think I made good movies. ↗

— Jane Campion

#good movies #i #i think #made #movies

I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working. ↗

— Jane Campion

#i think #interesting #think #working

I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. ↗

— Jane Campion

#ends #generally #heroic #i #i think

I think the whole tension about romanticism is the way it builds and builds, and the moment it's consummated, the tension's over. ↗

— Jane Campion

#builds #consummated #i #i think #moment

I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic: Say something once and you don't have to say it again. ↗

— Jane Campion

#again #being #better #did #economic

I'm someone who loves to play. I make films so I can have fun with the characters. ↗

— Jane Campion

#films #fun #have fun #i #i can

I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on - the goal is to keep alive. ↗

— Jane Campion

#different #feels #films #goal #going

If you read Keats's poems, they're often full of doubts and anxieties. They can be quite tough. ↗

— Jane Campion

#doubts #full #keats #often #poems