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I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it’s my stuff.
I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it's my stuff.
I'm Irish; I grew up in Ireland, and it's impossible to separate my background from who I am as a filmmaker.
Comedy is not commercial; it is risky, because what is funny in one place isn't always funny somewhere else.
The problem with anger is that it's so consuming. You've got to take it easy on yourself at a certain point.
There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.
Zombies, what are you going to do with them? Just keep chopping them up, shooting at them, shooting at them.
Some of my films are known for the depiction of violence. I don't have anything to prove with that any more.
I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make.
On the set I make jokes I can't get too involved, or it turns into sentimental soup. I try to keep it light.
Sometimes actors' mistakes give me ideas I can use, because mistakes are always sincere, absolutely sincere.
The more shaded, flawed characters that are struggling, I think there's something very relatable about that.
I hoped that grief was similar to the other emotions. That it would end, the way happiness did. Or laughter.
I understand working-class culture, tribalism and the ethos of violence, so I make films about these things.
Tony Curtis was a joy to work with. He had a curious innocence that is very young and wise at the same time.
When we met, my agenda was "Get Elle Fanning." I believe Elle's was "Get the role." But we didn't know that.
Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.
From '45, the moment Franklin Roosevelt dies, we're running ratlines with the Germans, helping Nazis escape.
But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.
I do like musical films more than big Hollywood films, especially those by Jacques Demi and Vincent Minelli.
Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
The director has to win, because you should never force a director to shoot something they don't believe in.
I don't believe in elitism. I don't think the audience is this dumb person lower than me. I am the audience.
I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.
My dad's chill. He's the guy who, you wreck the car, he says, 'Well, nobody was hurt. It's just some metal.'
I remember daydreaming out in the outfield: I wish I had more time. I want to read 'The Brothers Karamazov.'
I try to make films, not movies. I've never liked the expression 'movie', but it sounds elitist to say that.
Sitting down to a meal with an Indian family is different from sitting down to a meal with a British family.
With feelings of gratitude for all that is good in this world, I put down my pen. Well, I'll be leaving now.
I think that men of my generation - not me in particular - are among the most fortunate men in the universe.
Jean-Luc Godard said that cinema is the truth 24 frames a second. I think cinema is lies 24 frames a second.
If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered.
There were so many odd, strange things about Abraham Lincoln that I think nobody knew how to pigeonhole him.
There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul.
I did learn a lot from 'Things We Lost in the Fire,' but I've learned different things from different films.
I didn't grow up thinking of movies as film, or art, but as movies, something to do on a Saturday afternoon.
I mean, movies are like your kids or your fingers and toes or something, it's pretty hard to pick favorites.
Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.
I also know what looks good before the camera, how to move the camera, and how to get a story on the screen.
Changes before your eyes, things you can do and things you can't. My attitude is always let it keep rolling.
When I was a kid I always wanted to be a mad scientist. I don't know... a regular scientist just was no one.
The good thing about animation is that you can affect it. If something is not working, then you just fix it.
If one sees the American Nightmare first and Chainsaw after that, you'll see it in a different kind of light
Without sounding sexist, you have to cast a real man opposite Cate Blanchett. You need a guy who's grown up.
'The Hangover' was lightening in a bottle. We're aware of that. It went through the roof all over the world.
God has stated in clear and concise language how He created the universe and we ought not to doubt His Word.
Similar thing until today, with digital cameras you look after something like that as robust as they can be.
I can make fried tofu, boiled tofu, stuffed tofu. Cutlets and other fancy stuff, that's for other directors.
I quit seeing some people who were saying bad things about women; I don't even want to meet them or see them.
I don't want to become a serious, annoying sociologist. I try to regard sociology as a part of everyday life.