Life is itself an occupational hazard. Sometimes the things we love hurt us. Embracing and navigating around that contradiction is part of what it is to be alive. Peter Landesman More Quotes by Peter Landesman More Quotes From Peter Landesman One way to test a picture's integrity is to turn it upside down - a technique used not only by connoisseurs but also by artists trying to see their work with a fresh eye. Peter Landesman picture work integrity way 'Writing' is the wrong way to describe what happens to words in a movie. First, you put down words. Then you rehearse them with actors. Then you shoot the words. Then you edit them. You cut a lot of them, you fudge them, you make up new ones in voice-over. Then you cut it and throw it all away. Peter Landesman words down you way I was doing an investigative article on arms trafficking that was taking me through Eastern Europe and the Middle East. And after I had interviewed a helicopter pilot who had been ferrying weapons into Liberia, I realized as I left the restaurant that I was being followed and set up for an ambush. Peter Landesman pilot restaurant doing me I was a war correspondent. I've watched great people crumble under pressure and make bad decisions. Peter Landesman bad great war people The itinerary of most antiquities from their source - tomb, temple, quarry - to the shelves of museums or private collectors is murky and often purposely concealed. Peter Landesman temple most source museums Salvador Dali, lying on his deathbed in a stupor, is said to have been fed thousands of sheets of blank paper to sign for fake lithographs. Peter Landesman fake paper said lying Modern art, in particular, seems especially vulnerable to fraud. Its abstractions are sometimes difficult to understand or grasp, and a modern painting is often loved less because of its intrinsic quality - its beauty, as conventionally understood - than because of the identity of the painter, its mark of social status. Peter Landesman painting quality beauty art I can't worry about the consequences of what I do; that's not my job. Peter Landesman consequences about job worry There was absolutely zero discourse between me or anybody at the studio with the NFL. None. The only exchange was one-sentence e-mails trying to arrange a meeting, before deciding to cancel the meeting. Period. End of story. Peter Landesman meeting end story me I did nothing at the behest of the NFL, for the NFL, against the NFL. Peter Landesman nfl did against nothing There's a constant dialogue going back and forth between the filmmakers and the producers. Peter Landesman going back constant dialogue I had a very strong background in journalism, so it's my instinct to try to be as fair and accurate as possible. Peter Landesman possible try journalism strong When a director is also a writer, everyone on the production looks to him, knowing he gave birth to the idea. There's a different level of viability. Peter Landesman everyone birth different looks Once you turn on the camera, making a movie is making a movie. I don't care if it's $9 million dollars or $50 million dollars. You have bigger toys, bigger set, actors who are better paid, but once you turn on the camera, it's director and performance, and I don't find a big difference. Peter Landesman camera better you care You have to find the movie in the editing room, and it can't be four hours; it has to be two hours. Peter Landesman room find you editing My personal sources in the intelligence community and the military are very good. They're excellent. I have very high-up, in-depth sources. Peter Landesman personal good intelligence community When you're researching something for a movie, you get a very different kind of reaction than when you're researching something for an article for 'The New York Times.' Peter Landesman new something you new-york My politics are very centrist and sometimes, especially when it comes to foreign affairs, lean to the right. Peter Landesman lean right politics sometimes Most editors are just worried about their jobs. They're overwhelmed. They're underpaid. They do the best they can. Peter Landesman about best just overwhelmed I was a painter before I was a writer, so I was always a visual artist. And my writing, to me, was always visual. Peter Landesman me always artist writing
