Peter Webber Professions : Film director Born : 1960 Browse All Authors Top 15 quotes by Peter Webber If you come out of British TV, they're kind of saying, "Here's the keys to the kingdom. You are now going to go off and become a moviemaker. If you do really well, then the world is your oyster. Peter Webber oysters keys world Once a movie goes out into the world, it belongs to anyone who goes to see it. Peter Webber world I seem to have emerged from the relative obscurity of TV. Peter Webber relative obscurity tvs It's really exciting. It's really exciting when you do a piece of work, and people like it, and it gets noticed. Peter Webber pieces exciting people I wanted to actually make people look at a painting. We don't look at paintings that much. We glance at them. Peter Webber painting people looks I collect postage stamps. That's the only thing I can afford to collect! I hope in five years' time to say, "Yes, I specialize in Gustav Dore first editions." Peter Webber stamps years firsts I've got a very wide taste in art. I like Russian icon painters. I like Salvador Dali. It's like music. Sometimes you want to hear Led Zeppelin, and sometimes you want to hear Stravinsky. It just depends. Peter Webber zeppelins icons art My most famous drama in England is quite controversial. It's something called Men Only, and it's rather a shocking exploration of male sexuality. Peter Webber males drama men I think there's a real problem if you're making a film - some people have done whether it be about Jackson Pollock or about Picasso - it's difficult for actors, because they have to impersonate a person whose image is very strong in our memories or in our consciousness. It's something that's very tricky, I think. Peter Webber strong real memories You tend to get a script and you push it toward being the kind of film you want to make. Peter Webber scripts kind want I saw an awful lot of actresses, and some of them, you thought should be hospitalized. [They] should certainly eat a hamburger, for godsake. Peter Webber hamburgers saws awful You can't always do exactly what you want, and often compromises have to be made. Peter Webber compromise made want You begin to understand, as a filmmaker, that there are different ways of approaching things. Everything doesn't have to be quick cut, like MTV. Peter Webber mtv cutting different Sometimes beauty can be a trap. Peter Webber traps sometimes I don't want people to pigeonhole me. Peter Webber want people Similar Authors Alex Graves film-director Brad Furman film-director Bryan Singer film-director Bruno Dumont film-director Bruce McDonald film-director Bruce Brown film-director All Authors
