I wasn't from a political family. Nobody talked politics.

Take it from me, marriage isn't a word - it's a sentence.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

I want to see, that's all. This is my life. I want to see

It would be a tragedy for democracy if dissent goes away.

It's nice to know that people appreciate and respect you.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Hong Kong cinema is something you can't duplicate anyway.

Look, I had to take chances or it wasn't fun being funny.

Life is lived in real places, and I shoot in real places.

Maybe I've seen more Hollywood movies than French movies.

We come from long lines of people destined never to meet.

I took two years away from making films to write a novel.

The act of creation can be an extreme violent experience.

Reaction is what changes your understanding of the world.

No one rocks a heavy machine gun like Michelle Rodriguez.

The 1980s really ended for me in 1992 with the film Kika.

We don't need virtual reality, we need virtual unreality.

I obviously irritate people. I obviously antagonise them.

I seem to have emerged from the relative obscurity of TV.

Hamburgers! The corner-stone of any nutritious breakfast.

I worked offshore as an oil worker for a couple of years.

People have no idea how physically tough doing a film is.

I like DVDs so much - it's such a better format than VHS.

Relationship movies are often made for a female audience.

How could you not be hopeful if you've got a tree around?

Vivek Oberoi is the most over rated actor in Hindi cinema

I'm interested in adapting books and all sorts of things.

India was formed on the idea 'Let's get the British out.'

I haven't had one sexual thought since the court martial.

I quit college so fast I didn't even clean out my locker.

I am not a cult director at all. I make Hollywood movies.

When I work, I think mainly in terms of dramatic choices.

Every story needs an element of suspense - or it's lousy.

In my films, a lot of the situations come from real life.

I'm not sure I understand the compulsion to label things.

I love visual mediums, and I've always painted and drawn.

We don't ever want IT to be the thing that holds GM back.

I prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks.

Netflix trusted me in a way that was very, very pleasant.

Ang Lee was educated in the West and his English is good.

The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.

I had a world. I don't think I had a career. I made films.

I didn't have a career; I made films. It's very different.

It's harder to make real audio than special effects audio.

Films made in the spirit of the past continued to be made.

What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions.

You can't divorce yourself from your own life experiences.

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

You can't simplify reality without understanding it first.

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