46 Quotes by Allison Anders

Box office is one of the strongest tools we have toward preserving our ability to make our movies. We really can make a difference by purchasing a ticket each opening weekend to a movie made by a woman, even if you don't like the movie or the filmmaker and even if you don't see the film.

Before, I just don't think we knew how much music was out there; now with MySpace, it's really opened it up. Filmmakers have so much more choice.

Because I'm one of five people in Los Angeles who doesn't drive, I walk a lot.

Do we have to be rail thin to possess 'outer beauty' and sex appeal and to be capable of attracting lovers?

The women I cast have to embody all sorts of contradictions... I have to find the right woman to speak to other women.

I've worked on movies where there's all these people coming and going, and I don't even know who they are.

I've been amazed watching people who are not ready with their scripts when they're getting a lot of attention.

Roman Polanski is one of my favorite filmmakers, and John Phillips one of my favorite songwriters. I had the honor to meet each of these men and was almost giddy to be blessed with the chance to tell each artist what his work meant has to me.

Nowadays you don't get to see composition in a movie because nobody ever keeps the camera still long enough to see it. Actors don't have the thrill and the power of working with space.