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Britain has nurtured me and made me able to make movies that have travelled round the world.
As a human being, I will always feel that where there is oppression, I am with the underdog.
I never read reviews. I'm not interested. But I value a lot the reactions of the spectators.
I'd rather not ever make anything overly simple just because I'm scared people won't get it.
People are funny. They often don't mean to be, and that's what makes it even more endearing.
The Chinese use every spare bit of an animal: cow lungs, pig ears, chicken feet, duck blood.
I don't think I've made good movies. I've just made some movies more disgusting than others.
Poets are always ahead of things in a certain way, their sense of language and their vision.
I take very seriously that challenge of trying to do genre films - but elevated genre films.
Many hundred-million-dollar Hollywood comedies aren't any good. They're trying to shock you.
Stalin didn't write any memoirs. He was too secretive. He was afraid people might read them.
I loved basketball and grew up with the Lakers and Magic Johnson. That was a big part of me.
I think that there's something about short films that just kind of keeps your muscles sharp.
Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.
I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive.
I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.
You never think the universe will reward your first choice - it just doesn't work like that.
The Holocaust is as real a historical event as World War II itself and not to be challenged.
I think you find amongst ordinary people there are a lot of people that are really talented.
It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body.
In all my work, I'm interested in understanding big issues through the lives of individuals.
The best way to bring people in and have them empathize with others is through storytelling.
For me, I always think of the image of sweeping out my footprints as I walk through a scene.
I used to sleep with a little Ganesha under my pillow as a child; he was my favourite deity.
Usually, people tend to see someone on the surface and think that that's who that person is.
Nobody criticized the characters in 'The Godfather' for being bad examples of how to be men.
As the death of the middle class of film has happened, it has been re-birthed in television.
Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.
People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.
My favorite expression is: When you go up to the bell, ring it ? or don't go up to the bell.
Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
Some nights I sleep like a baby. Other nights it's, Oh God, I just came up with a bomb shot.
An artist is someone who should raise questions rather than give answers. I have no message.
Chicago is great! It's like the heart of America. It's the center and it's a beautiful city.
During the Sixties, the Americans thought I was the greatest thing in the history of cinema.
When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.
My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.
I think I've never really liked the idea of genre, a film that follows the rules of a genre.
I grew up in the '80s and John Hughes was the filmmaker making serious movies for teenagers.
Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.
California is an island, and New York's an island. Maybe it's time for me to change islands.
There’s a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.
There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.
I think 3-D across the board both in a home format and cinema is, it's going to be very big.
One of the strengths of the 'Resident Evil' game franchise is that they keep changing it up.
I always have had a slightly jaundiced view about people who promote books about themselves.
I've always said Thomas Edison invented the movie camera to show people killing and kissing.
One can be inclined to just say, "F this political correctness! I don't have time for that!"
I think in any work of art, there always will be randomness about what is good, what is bad.