I started in theater and I wanted to write plays, but I never really found an original voice as a playwright.
My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration. - Atom Egoyan
My parents taught me to believe that through the creative act, we're able to transcend and give a response to desecration.
- Atom Egoyan
You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been f… - Atom Egoyan
You can talk about Holocaust denial, but it's really marginal for the most part. What is compelling about the Armenian genocide, is how it has been f…
Though I am still very vulnerable to audiences—and it happens all the time - where for some reason the energy doesn’t connect and, since the film is … - Atom Egoyan
Though I am still very vulnerable to audiences—and it happens all the time - where for some reason the energy doesn’t connect and, since the film is …
I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do… - Atom Egoyan
I mean, if you are directing actors to do one thing and then directing them to do something else entirely because the one thing you wanted them to do…
I do think you fall in love when you feel that something of your story is being listened to for the first time, or you feel someone else is hearing i… - Atom Egoyan
I do think you fall in love when you feel that something of your story is being listened to for the first time, or you feel someone else is hearing i…
I think in the '80s, when I started making films, we were all suspicious of these technologies. We were all convinced they would filter out any emoti… - Atom Egoyan
I think in the '80s, when I started making films, we were all suspicious of these technologies. We were all convinced they would filter out any emoti…
People make decisions that may have one intent and yet are somehow perverted into something else. And sometimes it's because of design. Sometimes it'… - Atom Egoyan
People make decisions that may have one intent and yet are somehow perverted into something else. And sometimes it's because of design. Sometimes it'…
The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set. - Atom Egoyan
The directing process is often a continuation of the writing. This is just a different skill-set.
Don’t get depressed about not being where you want to be. This nagging feeling of anxiety is actually called ambition. Ambition is your friend. - Atom Egoyan
Don’t get depressed about not being where you want to be. This nagging feeling of anxiety is actually called ambition. Ambition is your friend.
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