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My favorite types of movies to watch as a viewer are thrillers - I really have a soft spot for them, I love them. Especially psychological thrillers.

~Alex Karpovsky

Topics: Favorite Love Movies Psychological Really Soft Soft Spot Spot Them Thrillers Types Viewer Watch I Love

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I'm from Boston, and I get easily overwhelmed in New York, so I go to Boston and stay with my parents for a few months at a time to write, or edit, or just to cry.

~Alex Karpovsky

Topics: Boston Cry Easily Edit Few Get Go Just Months New New York Overwhelmed Parents Stay Time Write York

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If you film a scene in a wide shot, especially a disturbing, distressing moment, I do feel like that helps you feel as though you're the room with these people, instead of cutting it up and getting close - which you wouldn't be doing if you were actually in a room with these people.

~Alex Karpovsky

Topics: Actually Close Cutting Distressing Disturbing Doing Feel Film Getting Helps Instead Like Moment People Room Scene Shot Though Up Were Which Wide You

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'Rubberneck' has nothing to do with comedy, nor does it follow comedic people.

~Alex Karpovsky

Topics: Comedic Comedy Does Follow Nor Nothing People

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I try to preserve whatever balance society has between public and personal life. I never try to eat on the subway. I never try to listen to loud music on the subway.

~Alex Karpovsky

Topics: Balance Between Eat Life Listen Loud Music Never Personal Personal Life Preserve Public Society Subway Try Whatever

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What I like in comedies are really two things: stories that are character-driven and stories that are rooted in authenticity.

~Alex Karpovsky

Topics: Authenticity Comedies Like Really Rooted Stories Things Two

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My day-to-day local issues are rooted in an underlying fear of death.

~Alex Karpovsky

Topics: Day-To-Day Death Fear Issues Local Rooted Underlying

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To feel nervous; to feel threatened and vulnerable and alive and engaged in that sense when interacting with someone you're really attracted to? I think that's wonderful. That's usually the best part. In fact, it's almost always downhill from there.

~Alex Karpovsky

Topics: Alive Almost Always Attracted Best Best Part Downhill Engaged Fact Feel In Fact Interacting Nervous Part Really Sense Someone Think Threatened Vulnerable Wonderful You I Think

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I like directing myself; I feel like it's one less person to give notes to. There's an efficiency in it. I'm also kind of a control freak. So I like the fact that it gives me more control in the overall picture.

~Alex Karpovsky

Topics: Also Control Control Freak Directing Efficiency Fact Feel Freak Give Gives Kind Less Like Me More Myself Notes Overall Person Picture I Feel I Feel Like

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If I only acted, I feel like I wouldn't have enough creative expression over my own sensibility, and also if I only acted, the notion of surrendering my fate and future to other people is deeply unsettling to me and it would make me uncomfortable.

~Alex Karpovsky

Topics: Acted Also Creative Deeply Enough Expression Fate Feel Future Like Make Me My Own Notion Only Other Over Own People Sensibility Uncomfortable Unsettling Would I Feel I Feel Like

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: Unknown

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