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My mother always told me it wasn't polite to ask what people make.
I don't watch a lot of films. I'm usually involved in making them.
You have to be realistic about where you are in life and enjoy it.
Instead of calling everybody names, start being more understanding.
I knew Billy Wilder socially and would have loved to work with him.
Nothing wrong with shooting...as long as the right people get shot.
I don't necessarily look for dark themes; they just seem to appear.
I'm more focused on making a scene seem real as opposed to perfect.
If you don't pay attention to history, you're destined to repeat it.
The thing that haunts a man the most is what he isn't ordered to do.
Just try not to ingest a lot of fats, and just try to eat carefully.
If a person doesn't change, there's something really wrong with him.
The innocence of childhood is like the innocence of a lot of animals.
I'm so glad for the dozens of times I haven't listened along the way.
It's what people know about themselves inside that makes them afraid.
I tend to believe that audiences are relatively well-balanced people.
Politicians love regulating. That's part of the whole power structure.
Actors know what actors are insecure about - and they're all insecure.
If you're afraid to take risks in anything in life, it's just boredom.
Prime time for men is, say, 35 to 45. Then they level off and fall off.
They say marriages are made in Heaven. But so is thunder and lightning.
Every movie I make teaches me something. That's why I keep making them.
I played characters with villainous aspect. But out-and-out villain? No.
Hoover was a patriot in his heart, but he definitely exceeded his power.
I guess a great movie would be one that has the most great moments in it.
The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.
I don't think I've met anyone with a stronger work ethic than Ray Charles.
My dad was a big admirer of Sergeant York stories from the First World War.
I don't look at my life too much. I'm always looking forward, not backward.
When you listen to Ray Charles, there's never any doubt whose voice that is.
When I do a picture and it's 90% black, like 'Bird,' I use 90% black people.
I'm a movie maker, but I have the same feelings as the average guy out there.
President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.
On 'Mystic River,' I had to cut my salary and everyone else's to get it made.
I've always been very liberal when it comes to people thinking for themselves.
I do believe in the energy and the productivity of the American business world.
I guess maybe when you get past 70, other people start asking you how you feel.
I've taken advantage of a few breaks that came along and moved along with them.
Our modern society - especially in the West, and especially now - reveres youth.
A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.
I think 'Dirty Harry' was probably sensitive toward the victims of violent crime.
The more time you have to think things through, the more you have to screw it up.
There are certain age limits on police officers. They'd have retired me out at 65.
If you cast a film incorrectly, then you're going to be fighting an uphill battle.
I think everybody has something that they've been obsessed about in their lifetime.
I could be the driver - the Uber guy saying, "I used to be in films years ago... ."
I probably would have retired years ago if I hadn't found interesting things to do.
When I was a kid, I thought movies just came from air. I thought they just appeared.
I'm suffering from oxygen deprivation. It's overwhelming watching your career go by.
Well, if you're waitin' for a woman to make up her mind, you may have a a long wait.