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Benh Zeitlin Quotes

Someone once told me that movies are a universal passport. And its true, wherever you go.

Someone once told me that movies are a universal passport. And its true, wherever you go.

Benh Zeitlin
Passports, Universal
"Beasts of the Southern Wild: 'I didn't expect people to like it'" by Damon Wise, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2012.

I always have a backlog of like seven movies that I want to make.

Benh Zeitlin
Want, Seven
"Behn Zeitlin, ‘Beasts Of The Southern Wild’ Director, Explains Why He Pitched His Film As ‘A League Of Their Own’". Interview with Mike Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 29, 2012.

I don't watch trailers, I like to go into every movie fresh.

Benh Zeitlin
Watches, Trailers
"Behn Zeitlin, ‘Beasts Of The Southern Wild’ Director, Explains Why He Pitched His Film As ‘A League Of Their Own’". Interview with Mike Ryan, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 29, 2012.

Local casting is just something I love doing.

Benh Zeitlin
Casting, Locals
"Beasts of the Southern Wild: 'I didn't expect people to like it'". Interview with Damon Wise, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2012.

That's the thing about a folk tale: It is always addressing incredibly key issues about how you should live and what the right thing to do is, which is really what I'm the most interested in - like the questions that religion takes on. And I think that, for those of us that aren't religious, we need, or I need, art that stimulates the same kind of thinking about what it is to be a mensch, or a good man, things like that.

Benh Zeitlin
Religious, Art, Men

I've always loved movies, since I was a little kid, but I never wanted to be part of that industry. It always seemed horrifying, the way films were made.

Benh Zeitlin
Kids, Littles, Way
"Beasts of the Southern Wild: 'I didn't expect people to like it'" by Damon Wise, www.theguardian.com. October 11, 2012.

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