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"I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered."

"I knew the moment it happened, it was a miracle. I could have been kissing her when she threw up. It would have scarred me for life. I may never have recovered."

M. Night Shyamalan, American Director

Life, Kissing, May

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"Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language."

"Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language."

Alan Rudolph, American Director

Humor, Comedians, Fun, Language

15

"Model. Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body."

"Model. Two mobile eyes in a mobile head, itself on a mobile body."

Robert Bresson, French Director

15

"As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception."

"As a general rule, I don't plan to travel with my Oscars, but we may have to make an exception."

Paul Haggis, Canadian Director

15

"You are faced with the choice: either my integrity remains intact and this is the work that ends up on the screen, or I have to leave, and I have to be known to have left."

"You are faced with the choice: either my integrity remains intact and this is the work that ends up on the screen, or I have to leave, and I have to be known to have left."

Trevor Nunn, English Director

Work, Integrity

15

"Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions."

"Love is the answer, but while you are waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty good questions."

Woody Allen, American Director

Relationship, Love, Humor, Desire, Life

15

"I guess I never had a better experience than working on The Long Riders, and at the same time, I never had a harder time than what I did making Southern Comfort."

"I guess I never had a better experience than working on The Long Riders, and at the same time, I never had a harder time than what I did making Southern Comfort."

Walter Hill, American Director

Experience, Time, Comfort

15

"In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family."

"In dire economic times, movies are relatively inexpensive entertainment for the whole family."

John Lasseter, American Director

Family, Movies, Entertainment

15

"Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man."

"Well, Barry, it's your film. So if it rises or falls, you're the man."

Robert Conrad, Polish Director

15

"An actors' tribute to me is in his work."

"An actors' tribute to me is in his work."

Lee Strasberg, American Director

Work, Actors, Tribute

15

"I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden."

"I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

Home, Emotions, Forbidden, Radical

15

"In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film."

"In Europe, there is no television filmmaking legislation that could assist film production because private broadcasters are not interested in supporting Polish film."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

Media, Europe, Film, Legislation, Production

15

"The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy."

"The quietest poetry can be an explosion of joy."

James Broughton, American Director

15

"I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama."

"I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Appreciation, American, Drama, Romantic, Space

15

"I see technology as being an extension of the human body."

"I see technology as being an extension of the human body."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Technology, Being, Body

15

"My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can."

"My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can."

Dino De Laurentiis, Italian Director

Work, Philosophy

15

"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."

"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."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

Civilization, Country, Illusion, Now

15

"So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way."

"So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way."

Uwe Boll, German Director

15

"I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going."

"I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going."

Kathryn Bigelow, American Director

15

"The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work."

"The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work."

Francis Ford Coppola, American Director

15

"Sex between a man and a woman can be wonderful, provided you can get between the right man and the right woman."

"Sex between a man and a woman can be wonderful, provided you can get between the right man and the right woman."

Woody Allen, American Director

Love, Sex, Harmony, Relationship, Desire

15

"If I had my life to live over I wish I could be a great pianist or something."

"If I had my life to live over I wish I could be a great pianist or something."

Woody Allen, American Director

Ambition, Regret, Dream, Music, Desire

15

"A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture."

"A movie like House of the Dead with around $7 million budget or Alone in the Dark with around $16 million budget are much easier to make profit than the typical $50 million major motion picture."

Uwe Boll, German Director

15

"I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures."

"I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Thought, Character, Film, First

15

"Bullshit french post-war rationalizing."

"Bullshit french post-war rationalizing."

Woody Allen, American Director

Critique, Logic, Observation, Humor, History

15

"I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore."

"I think the Matrix effect is over-used and I don't do it anymore."

Uwe Boll, German Director

Technology, Effect

15

"Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are places to showcase the new stars of tomorrow."

"Law students have taken over Hollywood. To them it's all about making money. They know people want to see what they've seen before. Also, remakes are places to showcase the new stars of tomorrow."

Tobe Hooper, American Director

Money, People, Hollywood, Law

15

"I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know; I'm sure that later on I'll start killing people in a square somewhere, but right now, I just feel happy to be alive."

"I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know; I'm sure that later on I'll start killing people in a square somewhere, but right now, I just feel happy to be alive."

Lars von Trier, Danish Director

People, Killing, Now, Right

15

"Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos."

"Everybody's a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We're all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos."

David Cronenberg, Canadian Director

Life, Chaos, Madness, Problems

15

"I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want."

"I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want."

Robert Carlyle, Scottish Director

Change, Love, Work, Character

15

"I'm a historian in my own mind."

"I'm a historian in my own mind."

Quentin Tarantino, American Director

15

"I go out there to win. People don't care if you die in this business. The only way I get back is with success."

"I go out there to win. People don't care if you die in this business. The only way I get back is with success."

Michael Bay, American Director

Success, Business, People, Care

15

"Sex is not sinful, but sin has perverted it."

"Sex is not sinful, but sin has perverted it."

Walter Lang, American Director

15

"I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made."

"I consider my films to be poems that are all as personal as my writing and as hand-made."

James Broughton, American Director

15

"The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order."

"The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

Literature, Order

15

"No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car and steals the taxi. Then I did some other indie driving for some of the car sequences."

"No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car and steals the taxi. Then I did some other indie driving for some of the car sequences."

David R. Ellis, American Director

15

"I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation."

"I've made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for adaptation."

Satyajit Ray, Indian Director

15

"There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful."

"There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful."

Bill Condon, American Director

Movies, Successful, Question

15

"Film lovers are sick people."

"Film lovers are sick people."

Francois Truffaut, French Director

Love, People, Film, Lovers

15

"We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence."

"We tried to make a movie that had sex and violence because we like sex and violence."

Larry Wachowski, American Director

15

"You must find the note, the correct key, for your story. If you find it, everything will work. If you do not, everything will stick out like elbows."

"You must find the note, the correct key, for your story. If you find it, everything will work. If you do not, everything will stick out like elbows."

Louis Malle, French Director

Work, Key, Will

15

"I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland."

"I loved movies and went to see every movie I could in Finland."

Renny Harlin, Finnish Director

15

"It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films."

"It means that if they misunderstood Comfort and Joy, they misunderstood my other films."

Bill Forsyth, Scottish Director

15

"There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut."

"There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut."

Martin Scorsese, American Director

War, People, Help, World

14

"In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead."

"In the Seventies, a lot of executions via electric chair failed because of technical problems. Seed tells the true story of someone who survived and sought revenge. They buried him alive to make it seem he was dead."

Uwe Boll, German Director

Problems, Revenge

14

"It's developing a relationship with actors that makes it work."

"It's developing a relationship with actors that makes it work."

Richard Donner, American Director

14

"Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently."

"Poets don't draw. They unravel their handwriting and then tie it up again, but differently."

Jean Cocteau, French Director

14

"Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has."

"Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has."

Norman Jewison, Canadian Director

14

"I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world."

"I really feel kind of guilty spending 80 million dollars. People are starving in the world."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

14

"In every place there are 100 people who can say no and only one person who can say yes. You have to get a good piece of material to the right person."

"In every place there are 100 people who can say no and only one person who can say yes. You have to get a good piece of material to the right person."

Robert Evans, American Director

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