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The ugliest thing in the world is a beautiful woman without the brains or courage to know that [beauty] is nothing more than an accident.
Has Werner Herzog ever said anything that wasn't true? What a brilliant fountain of wisdom. Everything he touches I'm just fascinated by.
I learned that I enjoy directing a lot more than I enjoy writing, which is interesting, because writing is lonely and infamous basically.
My mother enjoyed few things more than investing in the underdogs and showing them that they were special and could achieve their dreams.
We're quite volatile as individuals, but that doesn't work exponentially when we are together. Relationships are about eating humble pie.
I don't try to make actors play crazy characters. I like where there's a certain element of who they are and truth to their performances.
People like to set the bar high. I like to put the bar on the ground and barely step over it. I like to keep the expectations really low.
So that's our new flag. The thing we've been fighting for-thirteen stripes for the colonies and thirteen stars in a circle for the union.
I think repetition is the hardest thing to avoid with sequels, because you've told a story and now you're adding more story to the story.
Like 'Sex and the City' - if you're a New Yorker, you knew half the places they were going to. I want 'The Chi' to feel that way as well.
To be a black person is to come from a long bloodline of survivors and storytellers, with a resilience that people can't even comprehend.
I'm a person that thinks time is very precious and our only commodity... It's so upsetting when I feel like something has wasted my time.
All the difficulties surrounding the making of Mars et Avril actually fueled its creativity and contributed to its international success!
It drives me crazy when people say, "All we're trying to do is create entertainment." I feel like people go to movies for more than that.
New York was big enough and wide enough that it allowed for reasonably eccentric people like me to thrive. It was a perfect place for me.
How can you put on a meaningful drama when every fifteen minutes proceedings are interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits with toilet paper?
I think that the work that Bette Davis and Joan Crawford did was truly extraordinary, and that's their legacy. Not the other petty stuff.
You know how you smoke out a sniper? You send a guy out in the open, and you see if he gets shot. They thought that one up at West Point.
There isn't a more important issue in the world than global warming. Even the Cold War and the Bay of Pigs crisis were a notional threat.
I think that people with differing points of view find common ground in 'Modern Family' is very flattering, and I'm appreciative of that.
Think about a woman. Doesn't know you're thinking about her. Doesn't care you're thinking about her. Makes you think about her even more.
I'm overwhelmed by writers. Most people aren't impressed by writers, but if you can draw a cartoon or a picture, they think you're magic.
Now, anybody can make a movie, and I don't see that many great movies, because I think there's only a limited amount of talent out there.
You should quit trying only after two conditions have been met: 1.) You've given yourself a legitimate shot. 2.) Trying is no longer fun.
When I go to the movies, I do like to see things that surprise me, a little bit, in ways that seem truthful to the world that we live in.
My existence is about making movies, so I've just got to rock and roll with the punches. You want to make movies on telephones, I'm there.
Certain actors wanna get paid, they think working in a low-budget movie is being ripped off. But for others it's like, 'Yes, let's do it.'
The secret is not to make a film that causes something like Virginia Tech to happen. The secret is to make a film that stops it happening.
Sometimes writers of no talent at all can write great acting scenes. Sometimes the very best writers can't write scenes that come to life.
Bad writing is not easier than good writing. It's just as hard to make a toilet seat as it is a castle window. Only the view is different.
Three years ago, the white hope of the theatre. Today, a mug. That's New York for you. Puts you on a Christmas tree, and then - the alley.
Molly Shannon such an interesting actress that portrays vulnerability and danger at the same time, because she seems brittle in that role.
The first time that I met B.I.G. was in 1994, summer of '94 - I believe it was August. I think it was right after 'Ready to Die' came out.
Most people say they want justice, but they don't really want justice. They want revenge. They want to see the pain spread around equally.
You know, it's an interesting think when you consider... The Earth people, who can think, are so frightened by those who cannot: the dead.
I had first heard about Alan Turing when I was a teenager. I've known about him since I was a kid, and I always wanted to write about him.
I'm a nervous wreck. If it's a 20-day shoot, at lunchtime on the first day, I'm thinking "Only 19 and a half days to go... I can make it!"
I'm John the Fourth, so I think there's a lot of things in life that have been truly handed to me by the hard work and the pain of others.
Do you love me? What? Do you? I love you. I don't know if I trust you. Maybe you shouldn't do either. Maybe I'm the one who should decide!
I'm not well-versed in the science fiction world. I'm hoping that I'll get more opportunities in it because you get to create a new world.
I grew up in a pretty gay world - my brother's gay and he's been married to a man for 20 years, which is like 60 in straight-people years.
Horror film fans are pretty starved for quality. If you do something thoughtful or if you make something good, they're so thankful for it.
It's weird because I see black gay characters on television all the time, but do I relate to them? Not always, because they're set pieces.
What do you know what goes on inside a man's mind? Outside he may look like a gentleman, but inside ' e may 'ave the 'ankering for murder.
I can tell you I love you as many times as you can stand to hear it, but all it does is remind us that love is not enough. Not even close.
Failure can only exist from stagnant perceptions. Everything is a process of learning and if you learn something useful, you have success.
It's been an old saw in science fiction for a long time, since 'Frankenstein,' that we're going to create life that's going to turn on us.
When you're away, I'm restless, lonely, wretched, bored, dejected; only here's the rub, my darling dear, I feel the same when you're near.
In the midst of global recession, in the face of uncertainty about what's going to happen next, film looks for inspiration to real people.
The Brothers Grimm came along and I was so desperate for work... Actually I've got to say that I like the movie, I won't apologize for it.