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I hate the idea of growing accustomed to someone and being faithful.
Without music in a horror there is actually such a big part missing.
Even in the former Soviet Union, they have good copies of my movies.
If you want to know somebody, fight 'em. Have a fistfight with them.
Surface cures are not going to get rid of the torment that's inside.
To me, jazz is the closest thing to insanity that there is in music.
A director in Hollywood in my time couldn't do what he wanted to do.
Working on '2001' was my film school. Stanley Kubrick was my mentor.
I think miniatures are still superior to a lot of computer graphics.
Those who cannot condemn the past repeat it in order to remember it.
It's hard to get away from being old. I still talk about the TV set.
Every time you work with a new co-star, a whole new dynamic emerges.
If you do what you were born to do, I think you will never grow old.
Most filmmakers can't afford to try something out that doesn't work.
I had a number of teachers who hated me. I didn't do well in school.
Awards are like hemorrhoids. Sooner or later every asshole gets one.
Obviously I love 'The Godfather' movies. I think they're phenomenal.
Looking for love is tricky business, like whipping a carousel horse.
I like to say that films are never finished, they're only abandoned.
All tools have intrinsic politics and technology is the tool of now.
I think there is a very quiet power in things that are not on screen
Chihiro, huh? Her real name's Chihiro? Can't beat the power of love.
The most heroic thing you can do is tell someone that you love them.
Hope is not a strategy. Luck is not a factor. Fear is not an option.
My advice to women directors is just to make the best work possible.
To live in society today is like living in one enormous comic-strip.
More or less, I am always saying, 'Let's do what has not been done.'
I got 'The Grey' made because Liam Neeson wanted to make that movie.
I can play just about any keyboard but I can't read or write a note.
I'm always involved with casting my movies. I have final word on it.
The accolades usually come when you're dead or too old to get a job.
I think the universe is so big you can't really deal with everybody.
Obviously, there are lots of lessons to be learned on a first movie.
Testimony always comes from people who are in some way disempowered.
I've always developed all my own pieces, and they're time-consumers.
You always feel a degree of insecurity about getting through a film.
I was over self-medicating back when I was a kid and didn't know it.
I think that limitations are the most important part of any art form
My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.
When I was in film school, I was learning more theory than practice.
I think you're always learning how to explore different territories.
India will not function if you do not believe in unity in diversity.
I'm a director... I don't wear any makeup, and wear jeans every day.
My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else.
More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting
I'm not a Hollywood director. I'm an in spite of Hollywood director.
Do you have a dollar on you? I hate to answer questions for nothing.
I make movies that audiences like, that I'd want to see. That's all.
A strict form such as mine cannot be achieved through improvisation.
The truth of the matter is that muggers are very interesting people.