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I'd like to make a great movie. I've made many movies. I think I've made some good movies, but I never felt I've made a great movie.
If you don't know what you're being asked to do, make sure you clarify. I think people in every business are afraid to ask questions.
My first film out of the gate was financially so successful that I guess, being in Hollywood, you get kind of put into a certain box.
YouTube is found footage. It's here to stay, and people will always come up with new concepts that will make sense for found footage.
Nobody's going to like my next movie because they liked Trainwreck [2015]. It has to work on its own, and that keeps it really scary.
There's something so scary about trying out new material and being completely comfortable jumping into the abyss with a comedic idea.
I've always been a fiction filmmaker and I've been heading in the direction of fiction filmmaking, doing documentaries along the way.
Nothing replaces being in the same room, face to face, breathing the same air and reading and feeling each other's micro-expressions.
A German shepherd dog could walk in the office with a script in his mouth, and if that script was really good, they'd buy the script.
Nothing replaces being in the same room, face-to-face, breathing the same air and reading and feeling each other's micro-expressions.
You go from these high hopes when you're writing to just a desperate want of not making a complete fool of yourself by the end of it.
The Sound of Music' did more damage to the industry than any other picture. Everyone tried to copy it. We were the biggest offenders.
I always have a plan, but then I'm always ready to throw the plan out, and everyone's ready to make a radical left turn if necessary.
he's a genius, she's a genius, wow, you know alot of geniuses, you should meet some stupid people sometime, you might learn something
You always think another time would have been ideal for you . . . the reality is there was no novocaine when you went to the dentist.
For God sakes, this is a woman I was married to for 10 years. We made love. I'd hold her head over the toilet bowl when she threw up.
Designing comes easy and quickly to me. I don't need to spend hours to complete an X amount of work for me. I feel designing is in me.
I'm probably the only person who goes to work and says 'Wow, it's really nice here and sweet,' even in the competitive movie business.
When we talk about Oscars, it's almost as a symbol of excellence, and the American public and the worldwide public accept that symbol.
I always say it's very difficult when you're tackling something like 'Spider-Man' or 'Batman' that has been done so many times before.
I really like to work with theater actors. Theater actors tend to do lots of independent movies, and those are the actors that I like.
It's really hard to make an original movie of any kind that succeeds in the theatrical market place, in the wide release market place.
A lot of my effort is to get people to talk about gender in a new way and to see that sexism and gender issues are so ingrained in us.
Ryan [Gosling] has a history with the Mickey Mouse Club. He was a child performer himself. And he took the time to get to know people.
I'm the guy who gets uncomfortable. That's why I was able to write 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' and 'Knocked Up.' I believe in those guys.
I am very filmmaker oriented, as a producer. I think the most important thing is that you have to really choose the players carefully.
'The Sound of Music' did more damage to the industry than any other picture. Everyone tried to copy it. We were the biggest offenders.
Nobody sets out to make a bad film, but so many of those compromises are made and often they're made because of vanity, pride and ego.
The normal Hollywood approach is to have a super-charged production company and then go to the studios for distribution and marketing.
I had no interest in really becoming an actress or doing that kind of thing I just knew that I wanted to do something in making films.
By now they had mastered my own language, but they still made simple mistakes, like using 'hermeneutics,' when they meant 'heuristic'.
Then Job fell to his knees and cried to the Lord, "Thine is the kingdom and the power and glory. Thou hast a good job. Don't blow it."
If the [actors] are working, and I have a dinner engagement, I don't do 20 takes. I do five takes and go home. I want to go to dinner.
The greater good is achieved by not only telling people what they need to know, but also filling them with a sense of empathy and love.
I've heard people say in the U.N. community among mediators they don't like women as mediators because they're too quick to compromise.
To have to introduce a new product at the worst economic time in the last 50 years probably wasn't the greatest thing to have happened.
People intrinsically know there are secrets being held from us. Look at WikiLeaks: There are secrets that are really true to the world.
I can only say that in life when you have the greatest expectations and you try to do things the right way, it doesn't always work out.
No one in Hollywood really knows what a good idea is before a movie hits the screens. We only know if it's a good idea after it's done.
I don't think we would be specifically remaking "Child's Play 2" and "Child's Play 3". I imagine we'd be dreaming up whole new stories.
I have always thought we should think less about the British film industry as an entity, and more about getting British talent working.
If it isn’t for the writing, we’ve got nothing. Writers are the most important people in Hollywood. And we must never let them know it.
I think I try to look at all my films and break them down because, at the end of the day, it's about creating characters that you like.
As a kid, I was obsessed with the Who. They were the most important band to me. Songs like "I'm One" helped me get through high school.
Her life was like running on a treadmill or riding on a stationary bike; it was aerobic, it was healthy, but she wasn't going anywhere.
The only way I can access all my strength is to relax. ... The paradox is that you must learn to be relaxed while using all your power.
I think sequels are fine if there's a story, so I think when there is a property that is worthy of a sequel, it could very well happen!
A real explosion is not only much more fun to shoot, it also helps the actors and creates an energy on set and ultimately in the scene.
You should never assume anything coming from a critical standpoint. You should go into everything assuming you're going to get crushed.
Dear Mom and Dad, Leave $50,000 in a bag under the bridge on Decatur Street. If there is no bridge on Decatur Street, please build one.