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I don't think you can in any way export culture with guns or tanks.
Everybody doesn't have to have a daughter who's a goodie-two-shoes.
I'm terrible at making titles. I never like the titles of my films.
I'm not Mexican, and I'm not Central American. I'm from California.
If you're doing what everyone else is doing, you're doing it wrong.
When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie.
It irritated me that my fans kept wanting me to retread old ground.
There are some movies I can watch over and over, never get sick of.
Again, a franchise to me doesn't have to be a billion dollar title.
In Hollywood, only a female who's massively damaged is interesting.
'North by Northwest' was a big influence for 'The Bourne Identity.'
And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.
The more time you have, you should dedicate it to do creative work.
A director shouldn't get in the way of the movie, the story should.
Most people feel aggressed by anything that is different from them.
The best way to truly understand narrative art is to experience it.
I wanted to make abstract films that are emotional, and I still do.
Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer.
Only the picture matters. It's what goes on the screen that counts.
The camera is not the instrument. People are always the instrument.
...to all the monsters in my nursery: May you never leave me alone.
I think that The Eye is a particularly Americanized take on horror.
We discover and invent new ways of finding out the same old things.
We each need to find our own inspiration. Sometimes it is not easy.
In order to grow your audience, you must betray their expectations.
Is someone different at age 18 or 60? I believe one stays the same.
Everything, and I mean everything, is about strong, powerful women.
Each one of us is a set of shifting molecules, spinning in ecstasy.
I think Pan is a superhero movie; I mean, the kid flies in the end.
Halloween put me on the map, and I'm very sad to hear of his death.
The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job
The Easter Bunny is a major reason for heroin addiction in America.
I didn't become a drug addict because I always had to make a movie.
I love pop culture. I love gossiping about all the different stars.
'Black Panther' is a phenomenon - it is all right in its own thing.
I never liked 'Donnie Darko' quite as much as my film school peers.
I'd really love to watch David Lynch work, to be a fly on the wall.
Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.
When I was in film school I was learning more theory than practice.
I don't want to do worldly cinema: 'Hold your breath, this is art.'
When we saw the first cut of 'Wild Wild Country,' it was like, Wow.
The final test of fame is to have a crazy person imagine he is you.
But, you know, Cronaca isn't more innovative than what comes after.
Truth is much stranger than fiction and, often, much more powerful.
It was a tiny sound but it woke me up because it was a human sound.
I'm a huge admirer of Keanu. I think he's absolutely extraordinary.
When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.
The Greek playwrights, we're all beholden to them, every one of us.
I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can.
If I want to relax and not do anything, I don't want to leave home.