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Jonathan Demme
American
Director
About the author
When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that finally we had made a movie that had made some money!
Jonathan Demme,
American
Director
#Silence
I was a sort of rock journalist - whatever that is - in London in the late '60s.
Jonathan Demme,
American
Director
#London
I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.
Jonathan Demme,
American
Director
I don't think it's sacrilegious to remake any movie, including a good or even great movie.
Jonathan Demme,
American
Director
I don't think of Storefront Hitchcock or Stop Making Sense as documentaries, I think of them more as performance films.
Jonathan Demme,
American
Director
#Sense
#Performance
I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It's a really amazing thing to be able to do.
Jonathan Demme,
American
Director
#Film
#Chance
#Deals
#Care
#Feelings
I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.
Jonathan Demme,
American
Director
#Work
#Responsibility
#Actors