#manipulative

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous. ↗

— Brian De Palma

#always #because #characters #dangerous #fatale

I've seen people who stink, but the film editor shows them just where they didn't stink. But if you're empty and manipulative on stage, it's clear. ↗

— D. B. Sweeney

#editor #empty #film #i #just

Film is the manipulative medium par excellence. When you think back on the history of film and the 20th century, you see the propaganda that's been made. So there are moral demands on the director to treat the spectators as seriously as he or she takes himself and not to see them merely as victims that can be manipulated to whatever ends they have. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#back #been #century #demands #director

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#complete #creature #get #her #manipulative

Finally, he can see me for who I really am. Violent. Distrustful. Manipulative. Deadly. And I hate him for it. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

#distrustful #everdeen #katniss #manipulative #violent

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture. ↗

— Morley Safer

#culture #manipulative #momentary #popular #popular culture

The thing with Disney songs is they're very manipulative, very sentimental, but they do get you, you know - there's a kind of sadness to them and that kind of music doesn't really exist any more. ↗

— Jarvis Cocker

#disney #exist #get #kind #know