Ivan Tverdovsky Born : December 29, 1988 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Ivan Tverdovsky I myself often feel that I have a tail in my pants. And I can see that many people do it as well, I am sure some of them simply wrap it around themselves. Ivan Tverdovsky pants tails people Age is merely a suit, and not a new dress. Ivan Tverdovsky suits age dresses For me cinema is not primarily entertainment. I don't watch fun blockbusters myself. Ivan Tverdovsky cinema fun watches Cinema for me is an area of philosophy and artistic statement. Ivan Tverdovsky artistic cinema philosophy Since I come from documentary background and my father is a documentary filmmaker, for me the core essence of cinema is it's social statement. It is somewhat similar to the work of a journalist, just on a different level. This is the kind of cinema I enjoy. Ivan Tverdovsky documentaries essence father I think the line between "inspiration" and "plagiarism" is often so thin, that you risk falling into the latter one. Ivan Tverdovsky inspiration fall thinking I am very grateful that the Russian budget has a yearly budget for film. And usually this budget goes to "auteur" cinema, which actually needs this support and which indeed contributes to creating "national culture". Ivan Tverdovsky creating support grateful