So as I was growing up, my father was always in the middle of making a film or preparing a film. It was a full-time, all-consuming type of operation.
BARBARA BROCCOLIBad movies are when people go oh, I wasted $10 bucks and 2 hours and I don’t even want to go back again.
More Barbara Broccoli Quotes
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Never give up, have the passion. Don’t be afraid.
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There’s a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.
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It’s a privilege. It’s a real honor. It’s a challenge. Michael and I always feel we stand on tall shoulders when we make these films. Audiences come to them with a lot of good will because of what’s come before.
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Bad movies are when people go oh, I wasted $10 bucks and 2 hours and I don’t even want to go back again.
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When men change, maybe Bond will change.
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People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.
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Every 20 minutes you’ve got to have a bump, you’ve got to have a change in course, you’ve got to unsettle the audience. It can’t be too predictable so something has to happen. I think that was something that Hitchcock did very well too. You couldn’t let an audience feel too settled in.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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I cannot even remember a time before being conscious of James Bond.
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The paparazzi terrify and torment people and endanger people and it’s really unpleasant.
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I think Bond the character is distinct: He’s British, he has a certain code that he lives by, he’s incorruptible… he’s a classical hero, but he’s also fallible. He has inner demons, inner conflicts, and he’s a romantic.
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My father used to describe how he’d love going, early in the morning, out on a location and waiting for the trucks to arrive and the circus to come to town. That’s what it’s like, every day, when you’re making a film. It’s the magic.
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I still love it, every day. I get up and I love going to work. I love seeing it all happen, and I admire the people that we work with. I just hope that the films will continue to entertain audiences, as they have done for 50 years.
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One would think that it would be very easy, with an iconic character like James Bond, to keep making the films, but it hasn’t been. But, it sure has been entertaining and rewarding.
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And they stuck to their guns and fought for Sean Connery, and they were right to fight for Sean Connery. If it wasn’t for Sean Connery, we wouldn’t all be here. I was raised to fight for what I believed in, so I wasn’t going to give up.
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