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THE ACT OF KILLING invents a new form of cinematic surrealism.
I have nothing against 3D films but I do not need to see them.
I'm simply not afraid. It's not in my dictionary of behaviour.
I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.
Today in Germany, everyone is being watched--even the watchers.
If I was tall and blonde, I might have been a dancer or singer.
I am never driven. Every film I've made has been an assignment.
The way films establish the order of scenes is very artificial.
The greatest crime in a Shakespeare play is to murder the king.
For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.
There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.
Teens are the target demographic for everything in pop culture.
Masculine ideals have become very confused in the modern world.
After Chen Zhen, I wanted to make an emotional, touching story.
You don't want a movie to have a lot of awards and no audience.
So many people ask me, 'Do you like 'Departed?' I say, '50/50.'
Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don't meet.
My wife is the fact-checker, I'm in the story telling business.
I wanted already to be a filmmaker after I saw 'La Dolce Vita.'
Great teams have players who understand their responsibilities.
I don't believe happiness comes out of material gain, for sure.
Ed Norton is probably one of the smartest people I've ever met.
Give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture.
I grew up reading Proust all my life, and he's very dear to me.
I've never gone into analysis. But Freud opened a door, I know.
The most terrifying thing in my life is a blank sheet of paper.
I think intelligence is totally subjective; it's like sexiness.
I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.
I like to keep my options open. I'm known for changing my mind.
I have a sense of humor, and sometimes it gets me into trouble.
Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.
When I go see an R-rated horror movie, I want lots of violence.
Whatever faith you have, you have that crisis: what am I doing?
You don't have to have a true story to make a true story movie.
I am very fond of technology and like to keep pace with change.
In any case, I am not a great one to make plans for the future.
Most filmmakers go out with the first feature and nobody cares.
So much of the art of film is to do less. To aspire to do less.
You can put whatever you want inside evil and good in morality.
What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.
I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.
I'd be really interested in making a dramatic, low-key 3D film.
A fantasy film is often improved by some kind of human reality.
I'd be really interested in making a dramatic, low key 3D film.
I just always look for stuff that has a character-driven thing.
The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.
If I can do a romantic comedy with women, that's Everest to me.
I don't make a division between an art film and commercial art.
An artist needs to live to create, and to live means to suffer.