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'Control' had to do with my own life a lot, and that's why that seemed to be a film I could be the director of, because I had an emotional attachment to the whole story. And because of that experience, I feel that I can try other films. I didn't set out to become a director.

~Anton Corbijn

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Mandela is just the eternal man. You want that man to be around forever. It's the closest thing we have to God, I think. He's the father of mankind, almost.

~Anton Corbijn

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I didn't really know how to make a film when I made 'Control'. I had to create my own language, just as I did when I started taking photographs. I never studied either one.

~Anton Corbijn

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Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done.

~Anton Corbijn

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I don't like fast editing.

~Anton Corbijn

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I love body language.

~Anton Corbijn

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For many years I wanted to do a film, but I never had the courage to clear my desk and say, 'OK I'll take a year off and do a film.'

~Anton Corbijn

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I'm not educated as a filmmaker, so it's quite a jump for me.

~Anton Corbijn

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If you're an artist, it's OK to put your money into your art. The advantage, in hindsight, is that you become the film, and the film becomes you; you breathe it.

~Anton Corbijn

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My photography changed from being more documentary-like to arranging things more, and that came into being partly because I started doing music videos, and I incorporated some things from the music videos into my photography again, by arranging things more.

~Anton Corbijn

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Biography

Nationality: Dutch

Type: Director

Born: May 20th, 1955

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