Quotes by Joshua Leonard - Page 1

Actors are such an insecure breed.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Actors
Insecure
Breed
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We hit a stride where all self-consciousness disappeared.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Consciousness
Self
Self Consciousness
Stride
Disappeared
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I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Jobs
Control Freak
Direct
Freak
Good Day
Good Job
Love Good Day
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I ultimately have faith though, that good films will find their audience.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Audience
Film
Have Faith
Ultimately
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I've done almost 20 films and I still worry about not finding the next one.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Done
Finding The One
Worry
Finding
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Pain is pain, joy is joy - you can't avoid bringing pieces of yourself into a role.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Joy
Pain
Roles
Avoid
Bringing
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Being behind a camera, in front of the camera, is my own little deconstructionist niche.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Cameras
Littles
Niche
Camera
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I'm really proud of Blair Witch Project as a film, but as far as the cultural phenomenon of it - that was just weird luck.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Blair
Luck
Phenomenon
Proud
Witch
Weird
Cultural
Project
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I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to get them seen though.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Fringe
Harder
Long
Scene
Thinking
Want
Indie
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We ended up with 19 hours of footage and had to narrow it down to an hour and a half. Our instructions were to film everything that came up, including the more mundane moments.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Including
Moments
Mundane
Ended
Footage
Hour
Hour And A Half
Instructions
Narrow
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I'm less interested in slasher, and go more for roles that can affect you on a personal level. I'm interested in human empathy in the movies I see, and in the ones I am a part of.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Empathy
Levels
Roles
Affect
Personal Level
Slasher
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Sony could have $50 million and a sound stage and A-list actors and never make the same film. The constraints on this film became the essence of this film, became the power of this film.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Constraints
Essence
Sony
Million
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In horror, character development is often pushed aside in favor of the shock value. The best genre movies to me are movies like The Shining. You had a connection to the characters in that film.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Character
Character Development
Connections
Development
Genre
Shining
Shock
Aside
Connection
Favor
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Mike and Heather and I rapped once or twice in New York and then we all wound up on a train together on the way out to Maryland. I think it was about a month and a half from the time we got cast until the time we shot the thing.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
New York
Half
Maryland
Mike
Twice
Month
Shot
Cast
Heather
Wound
York
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The first thing I do when I read a part is see if I can identify emotionally with a character. If I make that connection, everything else is just working on knowing their life circumstances and manifesting those through practice and research.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Character
Circumstances
Knowing
Practice
Research
Connection
Emotionally
Everything Else
First Thing
Identify
Manifesting
The First Thing
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Even in the realest American cinema that I see, there's still not that sense that this is reality. There's still that sense that you are watching a movie. And hopefully, if we did get our jobs right, that sense disappears when you watch this movie.
Joshua Leonard / Actor
Jobs
Movie
Cinema
Reality
Watches
Did
Disappears
Watch
Sense
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