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I always need a couple of highlights to really spark the passion for a project.
I remember a Q&A I did in Wales where there were five people in the auditorium.
Video is freeing, but also lazier. You have to recreate the love of the moment.
Whoever said "When in Rome, do as the Romans do", has never driven a car there.
I'm always attracted by people who are lost in their time. I think it helps us.
Nobody should be working 18 hours a day for a whole year or any period of time.
If you don’t like the films of Samuel Fuller , then you just don’t like cinema.
I allow a lot of room for improvisation and funny stuff. I always feel planned.
The best-kept secret about Don Johnson is the fact that he is a terrific actor.
By the time I was 21, I knew what I wanted to do, and that was to direct films.
Then I became interested in drama, and almost by accident, I drifted into film.
The film-school mantra is that if you don't tell your own stories, nobody will.
My family is vital to me - just the sense of being surrounded by no pretension.
I can guarantee you nothing I do is a conscious attempt to inject something in.
Trying to explain Turing's work in encryption and decryption? It's complicated.
It's the same thing in a way, although writing a book is a very solitary thing.
I do show violence as entertainment. Clearly, I'd be a liar if I said I didn't.
I believe in free education, free healthcare. But I do not believe in equality.
I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.
We pray for no destruction, and for the forces of destruction not to take over.
I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.
Oh, yeah. A big part of my job is drinking martinis when I work in advertising.
I really, sincerely believe that one should trust the work, and not the author.
We all live to a formula. Maybe the secret lies in keeping that formula secret.
When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'
When I make a movie, I want it to be everything to me; like I would die for it.
I was trying to do like a spaghetti western but using World War II iconography.
I was just this video-store guy and now I was actually making movies and stuff.
I have learnt the hard way that ignoring a small fry can be many times harmful.
I was 100 percent sure when I left university that I was going to be a painter.
It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.
Tell everyone that your mistakes are art. You can get away with a lot that way.
I don't know anyone who is not using drugs for the reason that they're illegal.
I do really like serio-comic movies that treat real difficulties in a real way.
I think the actors take a great responsibility for the characters in the movie.
Though all festivals are important, this Cannes Festival starts off the season.
I feel it is important to respect contestants on national TV, celebrity or not.
I want to tell stories, I don't really try to get boxed in by a specific genre.
You know that first of all your films have to make money no matter who you are.
No, I never went to college. Always regretted it, always envied people who did.
It was a different time in the 1970s. Movies didn't have to make as much money.
I do tend to wake up in the middle of the night convinced I've made a disaster.
'Eagle vs Shark' is a little film I could take risks with and make mistakes on.
But when I direct I become possessed, a possession I've never quite understood.
At one time, I would actually ride around to movie theaters to check the lines.
I think everybody has a little rule follower and a little rule breaker in them.
I mean no film is beyond criticism, but I think we've made a very modest movie.
Any romantic feelings for a 12-year-old are like entering into a fantasy world.
I've experienced a great deal of, you know, ostracism from the making of films.