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I'm not a cinephile. My films don't reference films. I'm more interested in rhythm and feeling.
I was always a bit arty-farty as a boy. 'Come on, Mr. Arty-Farty,' my sister used to say to me.
Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.
Filming is a funny combination of having a good time and not being able to wait until its over.
Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of movies.
Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out.
I didn't have any desire I might have had 10 years ago to shoot every single word that I wrote.
One of my favorite countries in the world is Japan, and I've spent a huge amount of time there.
I think my films are always political, even if I don't put explicitly political things in them.
There is a point you can definitely lose the audience and sometimes you don't know where it is.
The music in a film like this is as critical as anything because Kong is mute. He doesn't talk.
If justice is supposed to be fair, than any justice system you would hope is based on fairness.
What I think is remarkable about my mum and dad is they had no interest in films, really. None.
While you're finding evidence of innocence, you also find evidence that points to other people.
I remembered the 500 people that lived on a reserve outside my little town, behind a big fence.
The whole idea of making 'James' was to make an action film in the style of the 1970s and '80s.
Looking at paintings was a huge part of finding my way into the lush world of the 18th century.
Technology continues to bring us wondrous advances in filmmaking to improve how we view movies.
Perhaps because of my background as a graphic designer, I'm drawn to rich and beautiful colors.
It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms.
I'm very eclectic in terms of what I like, what I read, what I watch, my own consumer behavior.
Class isn't something you buy. Look at you. You have a $500 suit on and you're still a lowlife.
With each film, i need an artistic challenge so I don't get bored! I like to tackle challenges.
I had a reporter ask me what it was like to have my best years over so soon. It stayed with me.
The film industry functions on fraternal feelings. If there is a problem, we solve it in-house.
We create stories to define our existence. If we do not create the stories, we probably go mad.
No philosophy based on an incorrect view of the nature of man is likely to produce social good.
I, uh, don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.
There's nothing self-serving about what motivated me to bring 'Schindler's List' to the screen.
No country could claim to be civilized if its legal system weren't available to everyone in it.
I'm used to working with restrictions and that's when you come up with the more creative stuff.
When I play characters, I like playing people who just comment on stuff, stand around and talk.
The stuff I'm passionate about is what I write; it isn't multi-million-dollar franchise movies.
Unfortunately, there aren't enough interesting acting roles in New Zealand to sustain a career.
Kids are always very savvy. It doesn't take long for a kid to realize when an adult is a loser.
If people are worried about the size of their trailers, I kind of say their priorities are off.
It's all about escapism. That's essentially what all movies are about. It's a vicarious thrill.
All my movies, as I get the ability to do it, they tend to go a little darker, a little darker.
I like a lot of classic movies, like, for example, 'Citizen Kane', James Dean movies, etc, etc.
"Jack Reacher" was easy because the function of the villain was just to spread fear and horror.
If Beethoven could write his 'Eroica Symphony' stone deaf, then William Wyler can do a musical.
It's eighty percent script and twenty percent you get great actors. There's nothing else to it.
Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.
I wasn't attracted to American cinema, but I fell in love with Los Angeles the minute I arrived.
As a city, it is always compelling. But every day in Mexico City, I give thanks that I am alive.
We try to show that violence has a consequence - when you create violence, it turns against you.
I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.
I really believe there is the possibility of something great that can happen in the right hands.
There is nothing quite so good as burial at sea. It is simple, tidy, and not very incriminating.