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As a filmmaker, my approach is to come in not with preconceived notions, but with curiosity, and in that way, whether my subjects are James Carville or Anna Wintour or Dick Cheney, I am always surprised.
~ R. J. Cutler
Always
Am
Anna
Approach
Cheney
Come
Curiosity
Dick Cheney
Filmmaker
I Am
James
Notions
Preconceived
Subjects
Surprised
Way
Whether
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As with the subjects in all of my films, the incentive is left to the subject to determine on their own. I never ask someone why they say yes to me. After all, if you invited someone to join you for dinner, and they accepted your invitation, your next question wouldn't be, 'Why are you saying yes?'
~ R. J. Cutler
Accepted
After
Ask
Determine
Dinner
Films
Incentive
Invitation
Invited
Join
Left
Me
Never
Next
Own
Question
Say
Saying
Someone
Subject
Subjects
They Say
Why
Yes
You
Your
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Belushi was one of my very first heroes. At a time when film, television, and music were undergoing tectonic shifts within American culture, he was at the center of it all. At that moment, he had the number one show on television, the number one film at the box office, and the number one record on the charts.
~ R. J. Cutler
American
American Culture
Box
Center
Charts
Culture
Film
First
Had
He
Heroes
Moment
Music
Number
Office
Record
Shifts
Show
Television
Time
Undergoing
Very
Were
Within
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Cheney refers to his vice presidency... as one of the most consequential vice presidencies in American history. And it clearly was.
~ R. J. Cutler
American
American History
Cheney
Clearly
His
History
Most
Presidency
Vice
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Directing plays lacked the immediacy and connection to real world events that journalism offered; journalism lacked the drama, theatricality and subjective storytelling of theater. It wasn't until I had the idea of making a documentary film about the 1992 presidential campaign that these two passions came together in 'The War Room.'
~ R. J. Cutler
About
Came
Campaign
Connection
Directing
Documentary
Documentary Film
Drama
Events
Film
Had
Idea
Immediacy
Journalism
Making
Offered
Passions
Plays
Presidential
Presidential Campaign
Real
Real World
Room
Storytelling
Subjective
Theater
Together
Two
Until
War
World
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Feature filmmaking is a very powerful medium. It has a hold on me now.
~ R. J. Cutler
Feature
Filmmaking
Hold
Me
Medium
Now
Powerful
Powerful Medium
Very
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For eight months, from January to August of 2007, I filmed with Anna Wintour and her team at 'Vogue' as they created the September 2007 issue of the magazine.
~ R. J. Cutler
Anna
August
Created
Eight
Her
Issue
January
Magazine
Months
September
Team
Vogue
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I always find myself gravitating toward stories of transformation, and one of those periods is teenage life. When teenagers are figuring out who they are and have one foot in childhood and the other in adulthood - I think that's a really mythic moment to tell stories about.
~ R. J. Cutler
About
Adulthood
Always
Childhood
Figuring
Find
Foot
I Think
Life
Moment
Myself
Mythic
Other
Out
Periods
Really
Stories
Teenage
Teenagers
Tell
Think
Those
Toward
Transformation
Who
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I believe a democracy needs men and women of conviction in its positions of leadership in order for us to succeed. That's the subject of 'A Perfect Candidate,' a film I made 20 years ago about Oliver North and Charles Robb.
~ R. J. Cutler
About
Believe
Candidate
Charles
Conviction
Democracy
Film
I Believe
Leadership
Made
Men
Men And Women
Needs
North
Oliver
Order
Perfect
Positions
Subject
Succeed
Us
Women
Years
Years Ago
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I discovered the theater when I was in the first grade.
~ R. J. Cutler
Discovered
First
First Grade
Grade
Theater
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I don't think it's a coincidence that 'The War Room' and 'A Perfect Candidate' are films that have been consistently shown and available for rental for 20 years. These are films that are more about the moment in which they were filmed: they also have a great deal to say about larger issues about who we are as a country.
~ R. J. Cutler
About
Also
Available
Been
Candidate
Coincidence
Consistently
Country
Deal
Films
Great
Great Deal
Issues
Larger
Moment
More
Perfect
Room
Say
Shown
Think
War
Were
Which
Who
Years
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I first thought about doing a project about Anna Wintour and 'Vogue' when I read an article in 'New York Magazine' about the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute Ball, the annual fundraising gala that Anna oversees. It created such a fascinating portrait that I couldn't help but be compelled.
~ R. J. Cutler
About
Anna
Annual
Article
Ball
Compelled
Costume
Created
Doing
Fascinating
First
Fundraising
Help
Institute
Magazine
Metropolitan
Museum
New
New York
Portrait
Project
Read
Thought
Vogue
York
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I grew up on Long Island, and from as early as I can remember, as far back as first grade, I had two real passions - one of them was putting on plays, and the other was journalism. I was directing plays and editing school papers from first grade on, all the way through college.
~ R. J. Cutler
Back
College
Directing
Early
Editing
Far
First
First Grade
Grade
Grew
Had
I Can
Island
Journalism
Long
Long Island
Other
Papers
Passions
Plays
Putting
Real
Remember
School
Them
Through
Two
Up
Way
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I record the following shows on a daily basis and watch them when I have the time/inclination: 'The Daily Show,' Rachel Maddow, 'Hardball,' 'The Colbert Report,' 'The O'Reilly Factor,' David Letterman.
~ R. J. Cutler
Basis
Daily
Daily Basis
Daily Show
David
David Letterman
Factor
Following
Letterman
Record
Report
Show
Shows
Them
Watch
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I think the biggest challenge we faced in making 'The September Issue' was the fact that people in the fashion world are very suspicious of cameras. They're used to a camera being the enemy, something that is prying and looking to catch you in a compromising position, something that's judging you.
~ R. J. Cutler
Being
Biggest
Biggest Challenge
Camera
Cameras
Catch
Challenge
Compromising
Enemy
Faced
Fact
Fashion
Fashion World
I Think
Issue
Judging
Looking
Making
People
Position
September
Something
Suspicious
Think
Used
Very
World
You
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I was watching 'The September Issue' in the back of a theater in New York, and I thought, 'I know I really can do this with actors.'
~ R. J. Cutler
Actor
Back
Issue
Know
New
New York
Really
September
Theater
Thought
Watching
York
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
~ R. J. Cutler
Big
Big Brother
Biggest
Brother
I Think
Known
Mankind
Say
Think
Think Big
Will
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I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.
~ R. J. Cutler
Art
Art Form
Business
Every
Film
Film Business
Form
Hour
Lasts
Lunch
Meeting
Takes
Until
Where
Whether
Work
Worth
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If ever we deserved a candidate at this moment in our culture, that candidate is Donald Trump.
~ R. J. Cutler
Candidate
Culture
Deserved
Donald
Donald Trump
Ever
Moment
Our
Trump
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If I had to name my favorite media personality, it would be a tie between Jon Stewart and Trey Parker/Matt Stone. Honest, wise, funny, and right. Sam Sifton was right up there when he was writing food criticism for the 'New York Times.'
~ R. J. Cutler
Between
Criticism
Favorite
Food
Funny
Had
He
Honest
Jon
Jon Stewart
Media
Name
New
New York
New York Times
Personality
Right
Sam
Stone
Tie
Times
Up
Wise
Would
Would-Be
Writing
York
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