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It has been said that a friend is somebody with whom it is possible to be silent.
If I were in this business only for the business, I wouldn't be in this business.
Those critics awards come and go every year, but the finished movie is your work.
Sometimes you have to make bold choices, creatively. I'm always in favor of that.
There's nothing wrong with you that a little Prozac and a polo mallet can't cure.
All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it.
I don't know what I'm doing, but my incompetence has never stopped my enthusiasm.
I wouldn't mind dying so much if it wasn't that I would be dead at the end of it.
My grammy never gave gifts, you know. She was too busy getting raped by Cossacks.
I don't want to be immortal through my works. I want to be immortal by not dying.
A "Bay Area Bisexual" told me I didn't quite coincide with either of her desires.
You don't need to be a star to be a bright and shining one to that friend in need.
I think a lot of the Disney cartoons are scary when you watch them at a young age.
Still one of my favorite movies is the original 'The Haunting.' I love that style.
Pause and remember - Change will happen the moment you have the courage to change.
To watch a movie in 3D when it's not really planned in 3D is disturbing sometimes.
I very rarely made any move to direct anything. I didn't have any faith in myself.
I wanted to tell people you can live a full life, even if you're not feeling well.
I remember when the Berlin Wall fell and suddenly intractable problems get solved.
When I did 'Stardust,' I was fighting the studio for things I believed were right.
My theory is that there's a knee-jerk reaction against technology in movie making.
Words are powerful vibrations, use words to uplift your spirits and heal yourself.
Until you've been kissed on a rainy Parisian afternoon - you've never been kissed.
I don't want to live forever through my work. I want to live forever by not dying.
In order to be successful, all you've got to do is show up 80 percent of the time.
Is there a separation between body and mind, and if so which is it better to have?
When men change, maybe Bond will change. But let's wait. I'm not holding my breath.
Friends are those rare people who ask how we are, and then wait to hear the answer.
When your heart is in the right place and you give your best, nothing can go wrong.
I have created the life that I live... therefore I can create the life that I want.
The energy of gratitude catapults us into the most profound experiences imaginable.
'Saw' really came from that want, the aspiration to make a feature film on our own.
People would congratulate Dick for my movies. It bothered me for a long, long time.
I feel like there's a lot of sympathy and camaraderie among documentary filmmakers.
I've produced two docs for Cameron Crowe, and I've always loved him as a filmmaker.
Whenever you define who you are, you limit yourself to what you may potentially be.
In science-fiction films the monster should always be bigger than the leading lady.
Pictures were made to entertain; if you want to send a message, call Western Union.
That's the trouble with directors. Always biting the hand that lays the golden egg.
Often I think of personal behavior and judgment errors as being superficial wounds.
The key to making good movies is to pay attention to the transition between scenes.
I had a terrible education. I attended a school for emotionally disturbed teachers.
How the hell do I know why there were Nazis? I don't know how the can-opener works.
My mind can never know my body, although it has become quite friendly with my legs.
While I'm really proactive when it comes to managing my projects, I am a shy person.
I believe that improvisation is really just a directorial tool. It's a writing tool.
If your franchise has been around for awhile you have to find ways to keep it fresh.
If you don't do the suspense correctly, then your jump scares are not going to work.
Sometimes you need to get away for a few weeks just to figure out who you are again.
We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.