As a kid, a little kid, I loved going to the movies, and now I love making movies. Jonathan Demme kidlovemake Change image and share on social
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 amazecarechance Change image and share on social
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 commerciallyfinallylamb Change image and share on social
I don't think it's sacrilegious to remake any movie, including a good or even great movie. Jonathan Demme goodgreatinclude Change image and share on social
I've never fallen into what I consider to be a trap of trying to figure out something analytically that could be a very popular film. I would hope my enthusiasm could match up with something with that potential. Jonathan Demme analyticallyenthusiasmfall share on social
I've been making films since the '70s and trying to develop that best possible fiction-film style that I feel is the most expressive. At a certain point, I felt I was winding up making the same film stylistically and I found that boring. Jonathan Demme 70sboredevelop share on social
I don't think of Storefront Hitchcock or Stop Making Sense as documentaries, I think of them more as performance films. Jonathan Demme documentaryfilmhitchcock Change image and share on social
It's such a rich experience when you enter into a subject from a documentary point of view. It's hard for fiction to compete with that. Jonathan Demme competedocumentaryenter Change image and share on social
