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Persistence and discipline. Without those two, you have nothing, no matter how talented you are.
It takes all sorts of people to come together to fight tyranny. It's not about one race anymore.
You know, in ten years you're gonna be playing soccer with your tits, what do you think of that?
I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features.
I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue.
We need the best education system in the United States. The best system, not the most expensive.
If you have something really important you want to say, you have to read your audience, I guess.
If the reason why you're doing anything creative is to make a living, then you're doing it wrong
Almost everything looks the same at art fairs - very hygienic, very white, lots of right angles.
The best actors instinctively feel out what the other actors need, and they just accommodate it.
You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.
I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest.
I prefer stories about people who are, in a sense, trying to find better versions of themselves.
I love that sense of change that you'd get in pop music every three minutes, every four minutes.
Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.
It's so freeing, it's beautiful in a way, to have a great failure, there's nowhere to go but up.
Film can't just be a long line of bliss. There's something we all like about the human struggle.
You will be your best self when you take time to understand what you really need, feel and want.
To make a film is very difficult - it doesn't make a difference whether you are a man or a woman
The worst thing you can do after a test screening is slash it for the lowest common denominator.
Look at comic books. It used to be something that only geeks were into. And now it's everywhere.
Horror movies are the best date movies. There's no wondering, 'When do I put my arm around her?'
In fact, part of the Netflix series is drama.Beyond re-enactments. Why not invent something new?
It's not that I don't like TV. It's alien to me. I haven't watched a television show in decades.
If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet...maybe we could understand something.
As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.
Actually, for everybody, having sex the first time is never a good time. It's always a disaster.
The more work I do, the more important it is to work with people I like - who are very talented.
People who want to be a star get their teeth capped. People who want to be an actor get to work.
Ever since 'Lassie' and 'Old Yeller', I won't watch animal movies. Animals in movies always die.
Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard.
Part of the reason my friends and I became successful is that we were always helping each other.
We seemed to be drifting as a society - losing touch with the basic concepts of right and wrong.
I like the pharmacy makeup. I always get stuck in that aisle... I've always liked looking at it.
The lives of prisoners of war after they are returned is almost never discussed, never explored.
Frankfurt, discussing a stuntman: He missed being killed in that shot be literally half an inch.
It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes "I'm not my dad" or "I'm not my mom."
I've just always liked watching people dance. I can't explain it. It used to just make me laugh.
I'm not the 'look at me' kind of a person. I do not like showing off in public or written about.
I want films to haunt an audience, to give them something to remember and be able to talk about.
Cinema for me only has meaning when it has a relationship with what I see outside on the street.
It's hard to run away from who you are, and when your taste is formed is a very important thing.
I am a painter with letters. I want to restore everything, mix everything up and say everything.
When I go in front of the light - go towards it - it is because it brings me energy. That's all.
I have gotten to a point in my life where I don't want to have dinner with someone I don't like.
I've always been close to my family. I've got a lot of nieces and nephews, but I'm a good uncle.
I loved 'The Social Network.' I think it's one of those movies that will stand the test of time.
Any film is a collaborative process, you've got thousands and thousands of people working on it.
I always say, 'If you're planning on seeing our movie, don't look at any more of the materials.'