Author: Jonathan Demme

Quotes

If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.

If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.

- Jonathan Demme

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.

- Jonathan Demme

I love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don't have music. I love to shoot and I love to shoot things I'm enthusiastic about.

I love doing fiction. I love doing performance films and I love doing documentaries that don't have music. I love to shoot and I love to shoot things I'm enthusiastic about.

- Jonathan Demme

I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.

I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.

- Jonathan Demme

I don't think it's sacrilegious to remake any movie, including a good or even great movie.

I don't think it's sacrilegious to remake any movie, including a good or even great movie.

- Jonathan Demme

I like finding a great shot and then just staying with it for a long time, not trying to pump things up with some kind of artificial energy by cutting.

I like finding a great shot and then just staying with it for a long time, not trying to pump things up with some kind of artificial energy by cutting.

- Jonathan Demme

As a kid, a little kid, I loved going to the movies, and now I love making movies.

As a kid, a little kid, I loved going to the movies, and now I love making movies.

- Jonathan Demme

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