When I did 'The Great Escape,' I kept thinking, 'If they were making a movie of my life, that's what they'd call it - the great escape.'
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We all have an escape. Mine was theater.
I was a slightly melancholy child and I think films were a way of escaping for me.
I spent my whole childhood looking for an escape.
Characters who experience great trauma will sometimes create an escape.
I've seen 'Stalker' more times than any film except 'The Great Escape.'
Just making a movie the way 'All is Lost' had to be made was a great experience, because it was structured differently than any other film I will make for the rest of my life.
The whole point of movie glamour was - and is - escape.
I love escaping into film, because everyday life I find quite troublesome. So any excuse to go into a cinema and say goodbye to the world for a couple of hours, or in a book or whatever, is great.
When I was ten, I loved movies like 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'Roman Holiday.' When I watched those things, I felt like it was such a good escape. It wasn't even that I needed an escape, but I wanted to be an actor so I could give that feeling to someone else.
'Breaking Away' was a great experience. It's the kind of movie that engenders a lot of goodwill from people.
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