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Anybody who writes a diary insists it must be read by someone else.
When you're doing a big movie, you're gone for 10 months to a year.
Good FBI officers are not noticeable. You would never look at them.
The hardest single thing you do is get the bloody screenplay right.
What is a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority.
Make visible what, without you, might perhaps never have been seen.
A too-expected image (cliché) will never seem right, even if it is.
I always wanted to be a stay-at-home dad making art, making movies.
Don't imitate. Write what you know about, that has to be your goal.
Let me be clear: neither I nor 'Angels & Demons' are anti-Catholic.
I went to America with a very specific idea of what I wanted to do.
I'm a student of violence because I'm a student of the human heart.
I need to observe the people, and I think I need to observe myself.
Dance is so fascinating and I like collaborating with people a lot.
When I was a kid, I was afraid of large group of conforming people.
I've always believed that true cinema is cinema of the imagination.
I really do believe that the Jesuit system is better for a country.
I've got "Sometimers." Sometimes I remember and sometimes I forget.
A lot of kids only know 'E.T.' from the digitally-enhanced version.
All good ideas start out as bad ideas, that's why it takes so long.
I simply adore 'The Simpsons.' I go to bed in a 'Simpsons' T-shirt.
Oftentimes, reality is much worse than what you can put in a movie.
There are very few Westerns that have ever made really giant money.
One of my favourite books when I was young was 'Wuthering Heights.'
I'm at Miramax now, where I've actually been treated like a Prince.
When you meet me, I can be charming and intelligent and reasonable.
You can play with the reality and the 3D is a tool to play with it.
I live in Portland. I'm a man of the world, and I live in Portland.
Naturally we need black men to give this movie serious credibility.
We ought to be grateful that the Universe out there knows no smile.
When you have a name that means scares, you have to live with that.
'Terminator' is one of my favorite films, and so is 'Terminator 2.'
HERO is a combination of my personal feeling and the commercialism.
In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
'Biutiful' is not about death. It's about life. It's a hymn to life.
It was liberating to do comedy. It felt like playing in a jazz band.
The Bush administration will go down in history as the Torture Team.
I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three.
I have this thing that, once I finish a movie, I never see it again.
If I would rescue one of my movies, it would be 'A Little Princess.'
Television has brought back murder into the home - where it belongs.
Hollywood is the dream factory, and no one dreams about older women.
Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered.
I guess short films have a bright future... The advantage is budget.
I feel it's important to talk about the complex issues affecting us.
I always have a point of view. It may not be right, but it's my own.
Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.
For a director, the most challenging scenes are the dialogue scenes.
I like characters that make choices and try to drive their own fate.
It's rare that you can promote a love story and feel fear in a film.