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"I think violence in a cinematic context can be, if handled in a certain way, very seductive."
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"And if people come up and say they like the movies you're in, it's a great compliment."
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"Somebody asked me about the current choice we're being given in the presidential election. I said, Well, it's like two of the scariest movies I can imagine."
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"Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner or later he got the crap beaten out of him."
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"The thing about the UK is we don't really make that many great movies."
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"I think everyone who makes movies should be forced to do television. Because you have to finish. You have to get it done, and there are a lot of decisions made just for the sake of making decisions. You do something because it's efficient and because it gets the story told and it connects to the audience."
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"I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism."
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"I've done movies with a sword before. But I haven't really been given the full responsibility of something like a Ridley Scott film."
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"I like the idea of movies having a magic element. How many times have you seen an actor in a movie who you know only as the character? It's wonderful, isn't it?"
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"The reason I chose the movies that I did was based on where they were being filmed."
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"I don't know if I see myself as really an action hero, but I like doing physical movies and I like doing movies where the writing is very lean."
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"One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War."
War
"When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director."
Film
"I like high impact movies."
Movies
"Right now, there's the illusion of order and civilization, but there's a tremendous amount of economic tension in this country and the educational system is constantly eroding."
Civilization
"Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs."
Character
"I did a pilot for Anything But Love in 1988 that didn't sell."
Love
"Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before."
Courage
"There should be more women directing; I think there's just not the awareness that it's really possible."
Woman
"When James Cameron brought me the script, which I developed with both Cameron and Jay Cocks, I wanted to make it a thriller, an action film, but with a conscience, and I found that it had elements of social realism."
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"I don't believe in censorship in any form."
Censorship
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