There (in the Soviet Union) it was a science. In order to be a coach, you had to study in school.

I notice that I feel safer among women when I do drugs. I would never do drugs with male friends.

You have the most important job of anyone today. Our kids need you to advocate for their futures.

If America is the pursuit of happiness, the best way to pursue happiness is to help other people.

For the third trilogy, I don't know if I will still be alive when it comes the time to make them.

My grandpa always tells me that 45-minute lunches are key because an army marches on its stomach.

You can't host an Italian film festival without Marcello Mastroianni. It just doesn't feel right.

I love producing other people's work, but presenting is a very serious business. It's a marriage.

I am a great believe that your humor is developed at a very early age and it doesn't ever change.

If you want to move through a virtual reality it’s called a video game, it’s been around forever.

I love it when I have a nightmare to me that means I got my money's worth out of that eight hours

The first movie, I was 23; I thought I knew everything, but my ego soon took an irrevocable blow.

My grandparents, they came through Ellis Island in 1923, and you know, I'd heard all the stories.

There are very few movies in English about romantic obsession told with a seriousness of purpose.

When I write a film, all I think about is where the thing ends and how to get the audience there.

Nature is millions of things. And there are millions of ways of understanding its preoccupations.

I have very mixed feelings about big corporations. Oftentimes, they're more troublesome than not.

Coke didn't last long enough; it gave me a hangover for two weeks for being high for ten minutes.

It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying.

I love different kinds of movies, and I love different kinds of people. That's the spice of life.

When you're an actor, you show up and it's wonderful because you're in the world of make-believe.

For a long time, the Indonesian government ignored 'The Act of Killing,' hoping it would go away.

If you try to do a look-alike and an impersonation, then that's just not conducive to good drama.

All my friends were 'Star Wars' kids but I didn't go to the movies, so I was the 'Star Trek' kid.

I condemn any form of terrorism and especially the terrorism that would affect my country and me.

I really like oysters, and I won't eat them alone. They're just a weird thing to eat by yourself.

In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.

At the end of the day, what I show is real life. I tell the truth. And the truth can be shocking.

When I started shooting speed, amphetamine, when I was 15, almost 16, it actually calmed me down.

How about a good comedy? 'Raising Arizona.' Remains the funniest movie I've ever seen in my life.

When I was 16 I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: 'Oh how wonderful, I'm ready.

I mostly don't submit to talking about my work because I would like another talk about real life.

They thought I was deaf when I was a kid because I was always totally off in my own little world.

If you can't put problems in your own backyard to rest, then how can you deal with larger issues?

I am a God-fearing man. In fact, I don't go to church because I'm afraid I'll run into him there.

As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.

I don't think in terms of results at all. I think: what next insanity can I shock the world with?

Being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide.

A 65-ft.-wide screen and 500 people reacting to the movie, there is nothing like that experience.

Most great plays of the past lose their grip on immediacy; on application to our lives right now.

I don't think I was ever as fascinated or have had so much respect for anybody like James Cagney.

I feel Amazon is really bringing films into the future. So for me it was the best of both worlds.

My initial idea was I wanted to make it a horror film, very much. At times I do enter that world.

I've had my best experience as a filmmaker with true stories about real people and real cultures.

I'm a dramatist. Dramatists have a right to look at history and interpret it the way they see it.

Sometimes you need these warm, human moments - something that feels close - to help things along.

When you're writing, it's a very solitary job. It's you and your word processor and a cup of tea.

I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.

If I really considered myself a writer, I wouldn't be writing screenplays. I'd be writing novels.

My driver shops for me; he selects my clothes. That is why my driver and I wear the same clothes.

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