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I think if you create well balanced characters that are well represented, boys and girls relate to them whether they're boys or girls.
If the actor doesn't feel it's right, that's when you say, 'OK, let's find something else.' It's then that you get the natural moment.
I like repetition, but I really, really like variations, synchronistic things that happen where you're not really thinking about them.
I grew up doing martial arts, and it's one of these things where I always kind of liked acting, but I was never real serious about it.
You can't stand at the Bellagio and watch these seven story fountains and not go, 'That's something of extraordinary man-made beauty.'
With 'Atonement,' I put a lot of pressure on myself, and then I made an advert for Chanel, which 'broke the camel's back' emotionally.
Rock 'n' roll started to make so much money and generated so much income for the record companies that suddenly it was no longer evil.
I'm old enuf to remember when Dems considered a UN resolution and an actual coalition nothing more than Bushy McHitler going it alone.
I'll have pot in my home for guests - I'm polite! - but I don't sit around and smoke by myself, ever. Not like I did when I was young.
I enjoy that the most powerful person in Hollywood is indeed a Black woman in Oprah Winfrey. I'm hoping to just transcend beyond that.
We all know that we have to get off of fossil fuels. And we know that the world is going in that direction. And we have to do it fast.
I became a filmmaker because I wanted to deal with issues that intrigued me, that I thought were pertinent, that would start dialogue.
I do not understand why we are not raised to celebrate our bodies as children. Why we are told to be shy or awkward or self-conscious.
I know I don't mind sharing my defects, my deficiencies, partly in the hope that someone will hear it and know that they're not alone.
There's just so much lazy violence directed at women. But beyond that, lazy violence directed at humans generally. Just lazy violence.
I think my narrative is actually pretty interesting if I step back from it and don't engage too much in it, personally or emotionally.
I have always had this secret fantasy of being a Bourne girl or Bond girl, and I've never even gotten called in on one of those roles.
Steve Rannazzisi, Nick Kroll, Paul Scheer, Jon Lajoie - and they're such funny guys that they bring their own sort of twist to it all.
I'm not an outgoing person. Compared to an average person, I am quite skeptical and pessimistic. This is different from being nervous.
There's something fascinating about record collector minds, hoards of quotes shared and dealt like cards, lines traded, images bought.
Yes, whatever is born, dies, but I thank life for gifting us a Nelson Mandela. He will sparkle in our consciousness for times to come.
We work without stars, and we proudly proclaim it. People come to Vishesh Films to work with us, and not because we can create a star.
My films are doing well in Polish cinemas, so I don't really have problems financing them, and my international accolades are helpful.
I have a hard time with films that I feel like I can predict every twist or turn they take from the moment I start reading the script.
Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle.
My father had a Super 8 camera when I was a kid and sometimes he would use it. I did some animation with it. I did a lot of flipbooks.
You - as a director, you have to do your job, you have to show things, and you don't have to ask the actors to do it, or the dialogue.
Actors are always a little high at work. Acting is their drug. So when you put the brakes on, they're naturally a little disappointed.
I don't really have a life outside of movies. But I like to climb mountains and walk the dogs. I like fine wines and good restaurants.
I was touching on the idea of the autonomous militaristic or autonomous law enforcement idea, but it wasn't the primary driving force.
I remember To Live And Die In L.A. I saw that in the cinemas when I was young in the '80s. I remember the poster. It's a great poster.
Writing is fantasizing about what your film will be like. Shooting is reality. And the post-production is recovering the idea you had.
But I've never met a racist yet who thinks he's a racist. That's always the disturbing thing about when we begin to look at ourselves.
If you look at it that way, then you start thinking about the basic things, which are jobs not jails, and education not incarceration.
I actually pay careful attention to that sort of thing - infusing humor into my films - because that's how important I think humor is.
Stem cell therapy has the potential to treat a multitude of diseases and illnesses, which up until now have been labelled 'incurable.'
When I have a new idea, I'm charged up and want to start the film immediately, but I simply don't have the patience to wait for stars.
I feel like I learned very early on that your heroes are only as powerful as your villains. And I'm attracted to intelligent villains.
I was really disappointed that Warner Bros. didn't think highly enough of my film or my filmmaking to ask me to make the new Superman.
I'm lucky that I get to jump around, do a big-budget comedy and then a smaller film. I don't even make a big distinction between them.
Data scientists are statisticians because being a statistician is awesome and anyone who does cool things with data is a statistician.
Television series always have a lot of characters because you want people to identify with someone on the show, who will be your eyes.
As a director myself, you really appreciate collaborating with people who are trying to help you find what you need and what you want.
When I really love a movie, I don't want to spoil it by too frequent visits. But I like to come back to certain films, which I admire.
In my childhood, America was like a religion. Then, real-life Americans abruptly entered my life - in jeeps - and upset all my dreams.
When you're making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for anything to get done.
I don't see any negativity with what Brad Pitt is doing with his Make It Right Foundation, or what Sean Penn is trying to do in Haiti.
If somebody sent me a good script, I would do it, and I mean that, but it never happens. Not once. I can't even point to an exception.
I thought film was more important than life itself for many years. But I was naive to the world until my first child was born in 1985.
I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.