Author: Lenny Abrahamson

Quotes

The most conventional romantic trope of all is that you put lovers under extreme pressure, where they have to make decisions that illuminate aspects of that bond.

The most conventional romantic trope of all is that you put lovers under extreme pressure, where they have to make decisions that illuminate aspects of that bond.

- Lenny Abrahamson

Cinema at its best can express something of the pure irreducible fact of things.

Cinema at its best can express something of the pure irreducible fact of things.

- Lenny Abrahamson

I don't think of myself as doing good works. It's not, 'Oh, I must give these poor people a voice.'

I don't think of myself as doing good works. It's not, 'Oh, I must give these poor people a voice.'

- Lenny Abrahamson

Delusion is not good; better to be realistic and then surprise yourself if you're lucky.

Delusion is not good; better to be realistic and then surprise yourself if you're lucky.

- Lenny Abrahamson

A big part of filmmaking is gathering a group of people you can work with.

A big part of filmmaking is gathering a group of people you can work with.

- Lenny Abrahamson

I'm a bit of a late developer, generally. But the good thing about being a filmmaker is you still count as young all the way through your 40s.

I'm a bit of a late developer, generally. But the good thing about being a filmmaker is you still count as young all the way through your 40s.

- Lenny Abrahamson

I've been in rooms where people are discussing films that have yet to come out and saying delightedly, 'Oh, I've heard it's a disaster!' The jealousy is unseemly.

I've been in rooms where people are discussing films that have yet to come out and saying delightedly, 'Oh, I've heard it's a disaster!' The jealousy is unseemly.

- Lenny Abrahamson

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