Carroll Ballard Quotes

(He) just walked in, hugged the cheetah, was great friends with him. They were buddy-buddy in a minute.

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Carroll Ballard

Carroll Ballard (born October 14, 1937) is a retired American film director. He has directed six feature films, including The Black Stallion (1979), Never Cry Wolf (1983), and Fly Away Home (1996).

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Carroll Ballard

It throws me in the toilet. I'm going to have a lot of trouble getting another picture.

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I'm sick and tired of making animal movies.

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It's a picture book. No story. Just photographs of a little boy growing up with a cheetah. We had to concoct a story. Actually, I stole part of the idea of the trek from a movie that I got fired off of many years ago, 'A Far Off Place,' where a boy takes a travel trip with a little Bushman guy.

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I tried to make a film that was not a lot of empty (garbage). To me, the film is about the relationship between the boy and a black guy - he comes to see him for what he really is. That's the most rewarding part of the film. Most of the credit goes to Eamonn Walker, who is one of the greatest actors alive today.

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(He) just walked in, hugged the cheetah, was great friends with him. They were buddy-buddy in a minute.

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