The Internet is a container, not a substance. Alison Owen More Quotes by Alison Owen More Quotes From Alison Owen I definitely spent a lot more than I thought I was going to spend. Alison Owen business Human nature stays the same, the one thing that stays constant, like death and taxes. And people still want good stories! Alison Owen goodnaturedeathpeople You won't see me doing 'Transformers 5.' Alison Owen doingseemeyou If I'm at home, I get up around 7:30. If I have time, I like to do some exercise. My current favourite is 'hot' yoga. If I'm filming, I will go to the office or set, and then take meetings. Alison Owen willhothometime I went to University College London and read English literature, then realised if you were interested in story and narrative, film was the way to go. Alison Owen storyyoucollegeway When my parents met, my mother was a waitress and my father was a dockyard worker. They were part of that post-war better-yourself generation, so they both went to night school. Alison Owen parentsmothernightfather I was a little punk rocker and was pregnant with Sarah when I went to university. I had her in the Christmas holidays of the first term. It was 1979, and UCL was very proud of its reputation as a liberal university, so they were very helpful. Alison Owen holidaysreputationproudchristmas When you want to transcribe an idea truthfully from the page to the screen, it is not necessarily best to be particularly literal about it. It can be hard to convince people, specifically writers, of that. Alison Owen bestyouwantpeople It is really awful to be filming and not know if you can pay everybody. Alison Owen everybodyknowyoupay Really, I am entirely material driven. If a project appeals to me, I will try to find the right writer and director. And that may be someone I've worked with before, or it may not. It may be a woman, or it may not. Alison Owen womani-amsomeoneme With 'Suffragette,' I felt that a female writer would be good, and considering the subject matter, who would be better to write the script than Abi Morgan? She was the first choice, and she happens to be a woman. Alison Owen womanbettergoodmatter To say the Internet is the death of books and movies is like saying someone invented a new, more efficient kind of cup and it heralds the death of coffee - a new improved form of carrying something, which is essentially what the Internet is, should be helpful to our business. Alison Owen internetcoffeebusinessdeath People didn't suddenly wake up one morning and unanimously say 'I'm fed up with midbudget dramas. I'm only going to see action tent poles from now on!' Alison Owen wake-upactionmorningpeople YouTube clips get millions, billions of hits. Reality TV programs have their own channels. How can movies attempt to compete with these kinds of numbers? And do we even need to? Are we scaring ourselves by unnecessary comparisons, by not comparing apples with apples? Alison Owen youtubemoviesownreality John Lee Hancock is someone that I had admired from afar. I think he is a wonderful director... in the tradition I would say both of Clint Eastwood and Frank Capra. Alison Owen saysomeonethinktradition Well, who wouldn't want to work with Tom Hanks? Alison Owen wellwhowantwork Movies began as a communal experience. Even though we now watch them as DVD's, sometimes alone on our computers, mostly in the history of cinema it has been a communal experience. Alison Owen alonecomputersexperiencehistory Movies alone have the hideous capacity to do everything for you. So in directing movies, you have to figure how to leave things out - because when you leave things out, you evoke the imaginative participation of the audience. Alison Owen leavealonemoviesyou The greatest filmmakers are not the ones who put everything in; they're the ones who can figure things to leave out, and in doing so, invite your participation. Alison Owen leaveyourdoingeverything The most interesting characters keep us hooked. Not likeable ones! Iago, Shylock, Darth Vader - are they likeable? Do you want to invite them to dinner? Alison Owen youdinnerwantinteresting
