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Any girl who was a lady would not even think of having such a good time that she did not remember to hang on to her jewelry.
It's such a surreal experience, being shot out of the cannon for any kind of first season show. It all seems very dreamlike.
I often have a theme in mind when I'm starting. I know that I want everything to be in a world of, say, evolution, or guilt.
I actually think I'm probably more interested in structure than most people who write screenplays, because I think about it.
The way I like to describe Hollywood today is this: everyone wants to make 'Deliverance,' but no one wants to be Ned Beatty.
Maybe coming clean is the ultimate selfish act. A way to absolve yourself by hurting someone who doesn't deserve to be hurt.
Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.
Even if it’s dangerous, and painful, and so very, very lonely. One must go on fighting- It is the only honorable thing to do
We shouldn't be discriminating against each other. The whole 'light skin versus dark skin' is an idea we need to break down.
Judy Blume excels at describing how it feels to be invisible. So how poetic is it that Blume herself is suddenly everywhere?
Forgiveness is like a great act of compassion. That it was done not because someone deserved it, but because they needed it.
I still believe that even though 'The Empire Strikes Back' is better in innumerable ways than 'Star Wars,' 'Star Wars' wins.
'Buffy' is about growing up. 'Angel' is really about already having grown up, dealing with what you've done, and redemption.
'Snowpiercer' was out of this world. It gave me a chance to do something I'd never done before, to create a whole new world.
More often than not, a hero’s most epic battle is the one you never see; it’s the battle that goes on within him or herself.
Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.
This is the problem with being Indian. It's hard to be one of the family members. Everybody is white usually [in the movie].
You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut.
This is our fault. My fault as much as the next man's, because even if I was against the war, I didn't do enough to stop it.
The good deed you do today, for a brother or sister in need will come back to you some day, for humanity's a circle in deed.
We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think.
I like to look on the bright side: Every day I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about what the audience would want. That's my job, is to anticipate ahead of the audience.
The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries.
I definitely have had friendships and moments with people from different backgrounds and in different stages of their lives.
I think it creates so many more opportunities and pitfalls in that you are treading on fresh snow, so you're in a new place.
It's easier to be old than young. You make just as many blunders, but you've become much more adept at not recognizing them.
The benefit of having a story that takes place in the real world is that you don't have to invent the real world. It exists.
In a graphic novel, you have to allow for a certain amount of freedom on the reader's part to experience it how they choose.
My gratitude to Ridley [Scott] isn't anything new. I named one of my kids after him. But he's a very important person to me.
On historical you take the known facts, dramatize them, and then stitch them together by invention. It's a projective thing.
Get Carter is a classic, but it did nothing in the United States. It came out on a double bill with a Frank Sinatra western.
The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one - America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.
Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep can play with the boys but there just aren't that many tour-de-force roles out there for women.
I like situational comedy when people are being completely serious and yet you can find something extremely funny, not jokes.
You always think, no matter how many times you fail, that the next time you will succeed. Otherwise you wouldn't keep trying.
One of the tricks that you have to learn, with episodic TV, is you don't know how many years you're going to be blessed with.
I used to be a die-hard defender of physical film, which I still am. I love shooting on physical film and I think it's great.
I'm not an Internet person that reads behind-the-scenes stuff. I see a trailer, and if it looks good, then I go. That's that.
As I get more and more involved in the child's world with Rocco his son I'm getting interested in making a film for children.
I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.
One of my favorite movies is the old Depardieu film 'The Return Of Martin Guerre,' which is actually a true story and a book.
I feel like I wanna have a series of moments. It's scary when they say you're having a moment, because moments are momentary.
For instance, The Sixth Sense had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.
'The Exorcist' is the scariest movie ever made. It just felt dead-on real, like you were watching the existence of the devil.
All of the things I've directed, I'm really emotionally close to. That's why I choose to direct them and spend years on them.
As a moviegoer, I'm always annoyed when a big joke is ruined in the trailer, but generally, it actually makes it play better.
I think with any movie, directing is more in the preparation. You just have to prepare for everything that's going to happen.
Whenever you write, whatever you write, never make the mistake of assuming the audience is any less intelligent than you are.
The dead they sleep a long, long sleep; The dead they rest, and their rest is deep; The dead have peace, but the living weep.