Quotes: Favorites Quotes: Author Quotes: Topics Quotes: Collection Sig Services Blueprint Results Process Contact

List of Phillip Noyce Quotes

Explore our hand-picked selection of 12 inspiring quotes by Phillip Noyce.

About Phillip Noyce

  • Born: April 29, 1950
  • Occupation: Film Director
    • Most australians live in the cities on the east coast, where contact between black and white occurred as much as 200 years earlier than on the west coast - and where 95 percent of australians are able to live 95 percent of their lives without ever seeing an aboriginal face.
    Black And White Years Cities
    I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind a big fence.
    People Littles Towns
    A collection of huts surrounded by a barbed wire fence, and in the huts lived 500 of the original inhabitants of our area. and so it went with many country towns around australia.
    Country Australia Wire
    So when i read this story, it unlocked a volcano of unanswered questions, because the questions had never been asked. it was an opportunity to come to terms with the lot of repressed history - and history of repression.
    Opportunity Volcanoes Stories
    Whites were the winners, blacks were the losers, we wrote the history books, and they didn't feature.
    Book Loser Winner
    Obviously all of us have thought about vietnam, particularly in my generation in australia that were part of conscription and fought there. our friends came back, forever changed. so there were a lot of questions.
    Australia Forever Generations
    Oh yeah - i watched knife in the water, saw the shot, and repeated it. but even if i hadn't seen that film, inevitably the camera would've ended up on top of that mast, i mean if you think of it there are only so many dynamic shots on a boat.
    Mean Thinking Knives
    The children, each of those kids is in touch with nature and traditional aboriginal culture so a very important part of getting performances from them was just letting them be and trying to capture the unique spirituality that was in each of them.
    Children Kids Unique
    People just don't laugh when their family is violated, and you don't shrug it off. you band together and you defend together. it's a funny, primitive instinct.
    People Laughing Together
    After working for years in hollywood where the actors have taken over, it was a real relief to get down there and not only have some children, but also have some actors that had no attitude.
    Children Attitude Real
    You always try to work for your audience, to entertain them, but that being said, obviously, within the studio system you feel the sense of responsibility to the bank.
    Responsibility Trying Host
    Making movies is eating candy. it's a very expensive candy, so you value when you can do it. so when you can do it twice at once, it's like, you know, a kid in a candy store!
    Kids Eating Like You
    Embed this Author
    Copy this HTML code to link to Phillip Noyce's quotes on your blog.
    HTML CODE

    Trending Author

    Mary Higgins Clark
    Mary Higgins Clark
    Chin-Ning Chu
    Chin-Ning Chu
    Kamla Persad-Bissessar
    Kamla Persad-Bissessar
    Blake Mycoskie
    Blake Mycoskie
    Nelson Mandela
    Nelson Mandela
    Eubie Blake
    Eubie Blake
    Category
    Information
    Inspirational
    Philosophy
    Personal Growth
    Happiness & Joy
    Life Lessons
    Success & Business
    Motivation
    Quote AI Helper
    Hello! I'm your AI assistant. Ask me anything about quotes or authors!