When I was coming up with the Hal Hartley films, I was cast as a no one. I had no name visibility. I was working at a downtown post-performance-art, avant garde theater company and doing a couple things on television. But I was a total unknown. Martin Donovan Read Quote
Can we ignore what is going on around us, can we disconnect ourselves, our own material situation, our spiritual selves, who we are, can we disconnect that from history and the social context of our lives? The older I get, the more I’m convinced that we cannot, that we are social creatures. Martin Donovan Read Quote
Collaborator’ is a hostage tragicomedy, but it’s also, kind of, everything I know about post-war America. Well, not everything, but it does reference a lot of the post-war period. Martin Donovan Read Quote
I wanted to express myself more fully through writing and directing. It just feels like a package deal. Anytime you create anything, you try to exert mastery over your world. Martin Donovan Read Quote
Directing a film was something I always wanted to do, something that seemed an inevitability in my development as an actor. Martin Donovan Read Quote
I love watching Marty Scorsese’s films, but they always make me feel terrible about being a man. Martin Donovan Read Quote
People have different relationships with power. I suppose a large portion of the ‘Homeland’ audience aligns with the U.S., sort of against the enemies. We certainly have the CIA viewpoint on the world – and it’s their job. Martin Donovan Read Quote
A lot of banging in the head has built up over the decades, and for my own sanity, I needed to write. I wanted to see if I could tell an honest, organic story about characters that interest me. Martin Donovan Read Quote
