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Somebody like Bowie was so interesting because when you got him off stage, he was like a businessman. But on stage, he was just dazzling. It was like watching butterflies grow.

~D. A. Pennebaker

Topics: Because Bowie Businessman Butterflies Dazzling Got Grow He Him Interesting Just Like Off Somebody Stage Watching You

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Theater is where you go to find out something new that you don't know. It goes through somebody's brain and comes out in a comprehensible way that is beautiful, that's really interesting.

~D. A. Pennebaker

Topics: Beautiful Brain Comprehensible Find Go Goes Interesting Know New Out Really Somebody Something Something New Theater Through Way Where You

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People don't really want reality. They want theater, and that's different.

~D. A. Pennebaker

Topics: Different People Reality Really Theater Want

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I wanted James Carville to never die. I wanted Dylan, the poet, to not die. I wanted to put these people in a place where they would be inviolate. It wasn't enough to have a still life of them. I wanted to surround them with the lives they led.

~D. A. Pennebaker

Topics: Die Dylan Enough James Led Life Lives Never People Place Poet Put Still Surround Them Wanted Where Would

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I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.

~D. A. Pennebaker

Topics: Bobby Hero Jack Kennedy Know Me Well

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We're actually thinking about distributing 'Moon Over Broadway' on-line. It's tempting, because when you go to a major studio, it's sort of like a farm, you know? They make all the money, since it's kind of a buyer's market.

~D. A. Pennebaker

Topics: About Actually Because Broadway Farm Go Kind Know Like Major Make Market Money Moon Over Since Sort Studio Tempting Thinking You

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Albert Grossman called my office and spoke with my partner Richard Leacock and asked if we'd be interested in making a film with his client, Bob Dylan.

~D. A. Pennebaker

Topics: Albert Asked Bob Bob Dylan Client Dylan Film His Interested Making Office Partner Richard Spoke

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I think, in general, independents don't have a lot of access to really good scriptwriters or actors or actresses, so they're very limited in what they can do.

~D. A. Pennebaker

Topics: Access Actor Actress General Good Independents Limited Lot Really Think Very I Think

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Filming is a witnessing process. You don't try to control it, even though sometimes you wish you could because it can go really, really wrong for you.

~D. A. Pennebaker

Topics: Because Control Could Even Filming Go Process Really Sometimes Though Try Wish Witnessing Wrong You

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To make theater out of real life, you need to catch dialogue when it happens.

~D. A. Pennebaker

Topics: Catch Dialogue Happens Life Make Need Out Real Real Life Theater You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: July 15th, 1925

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