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Quotes by Director
"People must not think that all bad in man which is unleashed, the moment you impose censorship disappears from man."
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"For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad."
37
"What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek."
36
"Hellboy is the first movie where both ends of the spectrum are combined."
35
"In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about."
35
"I wanted to do another movie that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world. I wanted to do something else that could make us smile. This is a time when we need to smile more and Hollywood movies are supposed to do that for people in difficult times."
34
"What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out."
34
"Somebody once said, you have to wait 20 years before you can tell if a movie's any good or not so that's probably true."
34
"My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam."
33
"All the jokes in my films, the comedy, they're not me, I just try to hold a big mirror up to us."
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"I've been to Paris France and I've been to Paris Paramount. Paris Paramount is better."
33
"The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep."
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"I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream."
33
"We talked a lot about The Best Intentions and how we could shoot certain scenes in different ways with slightly different bits of dialogue and information, so that later on, we could cut the piece more easily and it would still feel complete, even though it was shorter."
32
"Technology is us. There is no separation. It's a pure expression of human creative will. It doesn't exist anywhere else in the universe. I'm rather sure of that."
32
"If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script."
32
"I think that finding a way into somebody's life that's sort of off from a side angle can tell you more about that person than a greatest hits approach."
Life,
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"The more she rejected us the more convinced I was that she was another version of the real Molly, her disdain for authority, her scepticism that she had to do what the white man told her because it was good for her... She is Molly."
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"I don't agree with everything he did in his life, but we're dealing with this Howard Hughes, at this point. And also ultimately the flaw in Howard Hughes, the curse so to speak."
Life,
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"Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most."
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"If it's a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on."
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"I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at all."
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"The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself."
30
"If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans."
30
"Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real."
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"Even in a less exaggerated description, any verbal account of a person is bound to find itself employing an assortment of waterfalls, lightning rods, landscapes, birds, etc."
29
"For example, in painting the form arises from abstract elements of line and color, while in cinema the material concreteness of the image within the frame presents - as an element - the greatest difficulty in manipulation."
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"It's an infinite creative universe to explore so why chase conservative options?"
28
"When you're at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of the other. Just take the next step. That's all there is to it."
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"What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties."
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"I use colors to bring fine points of story and character."
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