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Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last year alone.
If you make a film about childhood, you've got to pick a moment - you know, 'The 400 Blows.'
MPC, Moving Picture Company, they're really excellent, they did the majority of the effects.
I've gradually realised that what I do best is universes. And I shouldn't be afraid of that.
If the movie is terrible, then the 3D sucks. If the movie is fantastic, then the 3D is good.
I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing - I mean, I think it's blueprinting.
I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism
It's always about a character that I become obsessed with and who refuses to leave me alone.
My job as the director is to make that as authentic as I can and not to disturb the revelry.
My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.
Panic is the great access of creativity because that's the only way to get rid of your mind.
One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film.
I'm a Republican, but I like the Queen. Like everyone else, I'm sentimental about the Queen.
The essence of acting is seeing the world from another point of view. That's what acting is.
South Bend is a nice town, but you know that phrase - 'I was homesick even when I was home.'
Minister: Welcome, brother! Do you reject Satan and all his works? Bunny Breckinridge: Sure.
If I could go back I might change Geronimo a bit. If I do, it will be made a longer version.
I do not believe in the Cinema verite. Sometimes a really good lie is better than any truth.
It doesn't matter whether you shoot on celluloid or on digital, you better make a good film.
I would like to do a movie in space, but I think it would be difficult to do it on location.
Human beings are very complex creatures. This desire, this greed, this love is very complex.
When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.
It's true that the best way of knowing yourself is to put yourself into different situations.
I do believe in [Robert] Bresson's method of creation through omission, not through addition.
It's a way of living, sharing things with people who work with me, and they seem to enjoy it.
It's always been my formula to get the next picture set up before anyone's seen the last one.
You know, sometimes I feel like I walk around with a target on my back with the films I make.
Really, I'm a neurotic perfectionist. Every single word in the script is the one that I want.
Somewhat dramatic things happen, and you don't even always notice them — that's what life is.
I never said all actors are cattle; what I said was all actors should be treated like cattle.
I was able to make many different kinds of movies. They enriched me on many different levels.
I like that 3D is based on the fact that you look with two eyes, so two cameras imitate that.
I'm not a very sentimental person, so you're not going to find schmaltzy scenes in my movies.
When people ask me if I am a feminist film maker, I reply I am a woman and I also make films.
I decided that one day I had to make a film where the viewer couldn't possibly guess the end.
I have no idea how to start doing something that doesn't connect with me or my soul, somehow.
A movie is made for an audience and a film is made for both the audience and the film-makers.
Mankind was not meant to suffer -- bliss is our nature. The individual is cosmic. Let's rock.
The only thing that disturbs me is that many psychopaths say they had a very happy childhood.
When you practice Transcendental Meditation you are given a key to the deepest level of life.
I believe in creative control. No matter what anyone makes, they should have control over it.
'Twilight' was a cult film, and the books were huge, but after 'New Moon,' it really blew up.
I don't like doing the same thing over and over again, because I learn from being challenged.
From 'Polytechnique,' I started to get scripts and after 'Incendies,' of course, it exploded.
Being on a commercial airplane is actually one of the safest places you can be on the planet.
The war was the end of an era, in art as well. And we were trying to create a new philosophy.
But as far as the concept of HAL, who HAL was, his character - I had no role in creating him.
Near my apartment in London, a lot of the pubs kind of look identical, which is very strange.
But there's a big difference between, say, reporting on a story and simply making up a story.
It's a kind of honour when I see how many people are imitating the style of how I make films.