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What always gives me peace of mind is that the best are the best. People who float to the top will always float to the top.
When a woman wins an Oscar for telling a story from a woman's point of view, that's going to be the win. That's the moment.
Growing up as an Asian American, we're lucky to have two sentences in a history book about the Chinese-American experience.
I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.
I don't think I'm going to go into Iron Man. I mean, I can't say that I won't go into something like an Iron Man franchise.
Actors are the flowers of the film, of the set, and of the director. The term 'Flowers of the Screen' holds a deep meaning.
I'm someone who has a singular goal in making films: I want to tell a story. There are certain stories that I want to tell.
I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole.
I did a lot of strange things. But I am a bad Catholic that's for sure. Although I think it's difficult to believe in evil.
In mine, they were just trying to steal a briefcase of cocaine.* That's it. Some flour that I got out of my mom's cupboard.
My coach once told me "there's no "I" in "team." I responded there's also no "I" in "hackneyed." Then I had to run 12 laps.
Luckily, I've never been offered a directing job that was lucrative. I've never heard, "Here's $800,000 to remake Sisters."
I selfishly like a lot of first-time directors because they over-prepare, they're super eager, and there's very little ego.
I was born on the kitchen table. We were so poor my mother couldn't afford to have me; the lady next door gave birth to me.
My brothers went to work at 12 and put themselves through school and brought the family out of ruin into food and clothing.
I want to thank three person: I want to thank Billy Wilder. I want to thank Billy Wilder. And I want to thank Billy Wilder.
After you've learned two or three basic rules of cinema grammar, you can do what you like - including breaking those rules.
My grandma has said many of the things her character says. But she was much nicer! I made her meaner for dramatic purposes.
It's always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.
When people see what real 3D looks like, they'll go, "Oh, that's why I spend an extra $5 a cinema ticket. That's worth it!"
The best conversation with Stanley Kubrick is a silent one: you sit in a theatre and watch his films and you learn so much.
Nagpur was a very small town. There was no exposure to different kinds of films or world cinema. Only Manmohan Desai films.
The shelf life of a specific film has decreased while the number of films required to fill multiplex cinemas has increased.
Every college player thinks they're on their way. But, delusions aside, I might have toiled in the minor leagues for a bit.
As a filmmaker, deep blacks are essential, and in my experience, no technology captures those attributes as well as Plasma.
I love fishing. You put that line in the water and you don't know what's on the other end. Your imagination is under there.
I'm doing a much smaller movie. It's set in Germany and it's a totally different subject matter. I'm trying to break it up.
Why I'm interested in filmmaking is because a moving image is very, very powerful when it comes to changing human behavior.
You've got to believe as a filmmaker that if a movie's good enough, it's going to survive; and if it's not, well, it won't.
You know, I put my little brother in the movies and he's still in the pictures. My mother makes me put him in the pictures.
The equality of men and women is not possible because both are different. A mountain is a mountain, and a river is a river.
That's the funny thing, she thought. You always want things to get better, but you never know how good you already have it.
Women had enormous weight in America. And they still have. Because they are truly the padrone [owners, masters] of America.
We're the most violent nation on earth. There's no getting away from that. But you've got to look at it on a broader level.
Dogme is like leading a religious life, in that you are freeing yourself from making certain choices. It makes life easier.
I've been on a lot of film sets, and I've always promised myself I wouldn't create a set where people dread coming to work.
An established film director can just pick up the phone and say to a star, 'Hey, are you interested in doing a commercial?'
I like doing character movies. I like doing movies about personal situations; that's what I love about dealing with things.
I believe it's true that there's good and evil in everyone and it's a constant struggle to have your better angels prevail.
The good ones push their luck to the limit - like Laurence Oliver. As actor and director, he will go just as far as he can.
A man who is in control, and inside there is a frightened child - that interests me. Why? You can draw your own conclusions.
Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
All it takes is one person who is committed, focused, and on a mission to spark an entire team into believing in themselves.
It's a treat and daunting to be directing someone like Judi Dench, who's made more films than I'll ever make in my lifetime.
As a director, I have the greatest job in the world, but if I don't push the boundaries, then what's the point of having it?
The camera is not your eye, and it's not the eye of the audience. I don't think it's my eye, either. It belongs to the film.
All our forms are unique - movies, music and literature - and you have to leave the person who is doing it to do their best.
I say to first time filmmakers that when they're asked, they should go to America as you're far more likely to get a chance.
Film industry is a pretty brutal business. If you fall too far behind, all of the perfectionism in the world won't save you.
I think that everybody does hustle in order to survive. That doesn't mean lying - it's more about how you handle situations.