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People who watch Transporter are maybe asking a little less about reality, being serious, and so on.

The idea of being able to polish something for nine months - it's the perfect way to hone your film.

I have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself.

'Temeraire' is a terrific meld of two genres that I particularly love - fantasy and historical epic.

You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.

If I've made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I've accomplished something.

When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.

I decided that, somehow, I had to get out of there and go to Hollywood. I had never been to America.

We filmmakers are control freaks. For us, it's about bending the elements of a story into existence.

Eventually, the tribe developed so much confidence in me that they invited me to be their chieftain.

Sometimes there's something very comforting about a film unfolding more or less as you expect it to.

America is so varied and exciting that after six months, you go back and find it completely changed.

Bullying and violence that exists in someone can also be inherent in a nation without us knowing it.

The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.

I've always sort of time-locked and mind-blocked myself in my 30s, and that's always the age I feel.

The machinery of the democratic process is really no different today from what it was 150 years ago.

I had to get over my fear of running through the world naked and learn to say 'take me or leave me.'

I just had a crazy, wild imagination all my life, and science fiction is the greatest outlet for me.

There isn't a studio in the world that wouldn't burn half its soundstages to get a Tom Cruise movie.

I want to do weird things and big budget things and no budget things. I don't have a five-year plan.

When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.

It took an entire generation of critical thinking for Douglas Sirk's films to be really appreciated.

I was taught that you didn't want to be part of the group - that it was better to do your own thing.

I've never made any effort to hide what happened. I served my time, I've tried to learn and move on.

What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.

May I propose a Herzog dictum? Those who read own the world, and those who watch television lose it.

Kids are always open to anything. It's very rare that a kid isn't extremely eager to make you happy.

You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'

Actors love to do extreme things, so that is why they become actors; otherwise, they'd be novelists.

I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.

I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.

I'd even say it's a realistic film because that's the way it happens in our heads; that was the idea.

Oh, yes, that never happened to me in my life before. It was a risky film, and I warned the producer.

Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth.

Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language.

In 'A Confession,' Tolstoy found meaning that he could hold on to, and he lived for another 30 years.

As the camera, I try to subordinate every word to be truthful and honest to each character's context.

I personally think that you have to get lost to find something really worthwhile, at least sometimes.

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

Kids don't even read comic books anymore. They've got more important things to do - like video games.

When we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues.

I think I'm really obsessed with characters that lose their face, in a way. I think it's very moving.

Having love in your heart doesn't count for much if what comes out of your mouth is ugly and bigoted.

'Jane Eyre' was one of those films that I was familiar with as a kid, and I always enjoyed the story.

Shakespeare is repeated around the world in different languages, just because it's good storytelling.

I long to make films. I'm dying to be inside the next film. I always hope there will be another film.

I reproach so many things about my family, but on the other hand, I kept asking them to be my family.

Shame is very painful to endure. For me it makes perfect sense that the character would kill herself.

Every viewer is going to get a different thing. That's the thing about painting, photography, cinema.

Life should be blissful, and blissful doesn't mean just a small happiness. It's huge. It is profound.

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