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But I can't imagine Harry being a stockbroker at 35. That doesn't really seem the stuff of 'Harry Potter'.
The gates of heaven surely are closed to those who decline to oppose totalitarianism with all their might.
My designs are free-flowing in their approach, and I want to create an ambience of warmth and tranquility.
I've always been a fan of science fiction films, and I've never been able to put my particular spin on it.
I think you can say a lot with the movement of your camera but you can also say a lot by keeping it still.
It's good to be finally able to afford food for a change. It's good to move on from potatoes and tin soup.
Our culture today that we live in is getting so diverse, yet in Hollywood, there's not a lot of diversity.
The thrill of doing television versus features is, in television, you get to focus more on the characters.
Always remember the famous adage about the movie business: You can't make a living, you can only get rich.
I think movies glamorize violence, in the sense that they make it in a way that it's either cool or funny.
I had a philosophy, which may have been proven right, that directing isn't as hard as everyone says it is.
I would argue that the culture is not the frosting on the cake: the culture is the plate the cake sits on.
I feel like - like Netflix is great if you've got a project ready to launch itself into the world rapidly.
When a parent shows up with an attitude of entitlement, understand that under it is a boatload of anxiety.
I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
Good luck is often with the man who doesn't include it in his plans. The harder I work, the luckier I get.
I'm not a snob. If I feel like there's a star that's the best person for that role, then that's who I get.
My working life is me doing what I want to do. This is that. I've made movies that people don't go to see.
And my parents finally realize I'm kidnapped and they snap into action immediately: They rent out my room.
How does gravity work? And if it were to cease suddenly, would certain restaurants still require a jacket?
Sex and death. Two things that come but once in my lifetime, but at least after death you're not nauseous.
We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives.
It is impossible to travel faster than light, and certainly not desirable, as one’s hat keeps blowing off.
American films, it's a money-making industry. And in France, you can find great respect for cinema as art.
It's hard for me to know. I'll think, 'I really brought off my ideas, it's great,' and no one sparks to it
For some reason I'm more appreciated in France than I am back home. The subtitles must be incredibly good.
If I could just hope to have a major talent, then I would rather have it in music than in any other field.
As the author you know how you want it to appear on screen and it's always the content dictating the form.
Bad movies are when people go, 'oh, I wasted $10 bucks and 2 hours and I don't even want to go back again.'
It's a fantastic review. Sixty percent of the American reviews are sensational, 20% are mixed, not so good.
When the Goths are at the gates, forming study groups and praying for deliverance is not effective defense.
Whenever a partnership is formed, there has to be a benefit to the partners; otherwise, they don't form it.
With 'The Conjuring,' I really wanted to create classical cinema-style film-making, pure cinema as it were.
I think Mel Gibson could make 'Passion of the Christ' because he really believed in it and gave it his all.
I love to be scared in the safety of a movie theater. It is like a thrill ride; like a roller-coaster ride.
Britain produces great actors because they learn on stage so know their stuff when they get on a movie set.
I used to do a stunt in almost every movie. When I became an executive, all the insurance guys freaked out.
If it's scary, it's supposed to be scary. If it's funny, it's supposed to be funny. That's all I try to do.
I have lived the American dream, and that is the dream I want for our children and all children everywhere.
If anybody would have told me I'd be making number seven Fast & Furious, I would have said, "You're crazy."
I'm very superstitious. I come from a family that's big on not painting the nursery until the baby is home.
I had a tough time 12 years ago getting 'Driving Miss Daisy' off the ground. Today, it would be impossible.
I love the process of making films and an incidental satisfaction is the fact that most of them made money.
If I could change the structure of existence I would do it. I could see a better way to live for everybody.
There is dignity in suffering; nobility in pain; but failure is a salted wound, that burns and burns again!
You can't anticipate in the room the riches of what you encounter when you're location hunting for a movie.
My first three movies, I didn't start editing until we were finished shooting. That's unthinkable to me now.
People like Chris Nolan are shooting isolated sequences in IMAX. Those cameras are the size of a Volkswagen.
How can I believe in God when just last week I got my tongue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter?
Not think of death as an end, but think of it more as a very effective way of cutting down on your expenses.