Violence is not funny.
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I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in terms of human behavior.William Friedkin
The audience was ready for that type of character, a cop who would take the law into his own hands and hold court in the street,
William Friedkin
The leaders of the Catholic Church endorsed The Exorcist virtually promoted it as much as they could. The Cardinals of New York and Los Angeles and Chicago and the other big cities, all over the world, they endorsed it because it represents a literal depiction of the Roman ritual of exorcism which still exists in the Catholic faith. It's still there. The power of faith to drive out demons. And this film showed that and they embraced it.
William Friedkin
Technique is of less interest than character and story.
William Friedkin
I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost every day of my life about something or other. And I think it's the one thing, as I look into people's eyes, that I think I share with almost everybody.
William Friedkin
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