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It is because my roots are so strong that I can fly.
I can't do a film if I don't start with the writing.
I was always looking for the most dramatic emphasis.
I love the idea of people being themselves in films.
'Puffball' is a love story... no, it's a life story.
In any film there's always a historical implication.
I'm more comfortable with simplicity as I get older.
When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.
Tom Hanks has built his career playing ordinary men.
You know, I'm not sure I ever even had a blind date!
'Movie 43' is about the hardest R Rated comedy ever.
For so many filmmakers, cinema is a means to an end.
I like a lot of glasses about - it highers the tone.
Learning how to edit movies was a real breakthrough.
I love Bilbo Baggins. I relate really well to Bilbo!
You can mix in certain sensitivities as a filmmaker.
I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
Pigs are filthy animals. I don't eat filthy animals.
Assuming audiences to be dumb, that's a big fallacy.
I like human-interest movies that are light-hearted.
Pain is handed down from one generation to the next.
That wasn't an ending. It was just a stopping point.
In India, one has to plan according to the monsoons.
When you write, no matter what, it ends up personal.
I realized than an author cannot also be a producer.
True love can exist only in freedom from possession.
Every single art form is involved in film, in a way.
I try to get the best performance an actor can give.
Movies are like an expensive form of therapy for me.
Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.
The secret of being a great actor is a love of food.
If you stretch tragedy, it will always become comedy.
I started developing 'The Revenant' before 'Birdman.'
Drama is real life with all the boring parts cut out.
Crime is a job and it's boring. It's also unpleasant.
I'm very emotional and possessive about all my films.
My grandfather had been a well-known judge in Berlin.
There's so few people in this town with a conscience.
I regard remaking a film as creating something again.
I want to print books by people in the film industry.
You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time
It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow.
An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.
Viewed as a drama, the war is somewhat disappointing.
I want to challenge my cinematography and my editing.
I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.
The artist does not have to suffer to show suffering.
Being in darkness and confusion is interesting to me.
Every teacher of Transcendental Meditation is a hero.
I'm fifty-six years old - I'm as old as rock 'n roll.