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Quotes by Director
"He was so depressed, he tried to commit suicide by inhaling next to an Armenian."
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"When you start being enthusiastic about whatever it is you like, that is the golden age for you."
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"Also a great part of Polish industry proved to have existed only to support the Soviet military industry, and it became superfluous and incapable of being transformed into anything else. We did not foresee that or the magnitude of these phenomena."
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"Superman was never previewed because the producers didn't trust Warners with the film."
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"Beware the ends of the earth and the exotic: the drama is on your doorstep wherever the slums; are, wherever there is malnutrition, wherever there is exploitation and cruelty."
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"So I decided to move that scene in the doctor's office to two-thirds into the movie, after the viewers had come to know Ryan and Ali and share in their happiness."
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"It's still the same job, the same anxieties, but it did feel a lot different, that kind of budget, that schedule, and frankly, the slowness of it all, and also having a lot of other units working."
Job,
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"When you kill somebody in the movies, it matters, whereas in literature it can be allegorical."
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"When you've written a movie, you then get together with a whole lot of people and make it. In many ways, I think it is far nicer to be with people rather than being completely solitary."
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"One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together."
Art,
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"I know there were many good policemen who died doing their duty. Some of the cops were even friends of ours. But a cop can go both ways."
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"I honestly believe that the next big leap in immersive technology will be very much like Brainstorm."
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"I want to thank the Academy for its courage and generosity."
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"See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky?"
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"It's... a hard thing for a director, to think you came up with a shot, something from your mind, and someone died while doing it. It's the worst thing you'll ever have to live with. It was very hard for me to get back on the horse again."
Mind,
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"The first assistant director is just so important that the choice of that person is critical to the movie."
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"I see my face in the mirror, and I said, No, my ambition is not to be an actor."
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"If you want a midget to look like a baby, don't put a cigar in his mouth."
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"I love Elmore Leonard. To me, True Romance is basically like an Elmore Leonard movie."
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"I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels."
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"A lot of people like to do certain things, but they're not that good at it. Keep going through the things that you like to do, until you find something that you actually seem to be extremely good at. It can be anything."
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"I try to get the best performance an actor can give."
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"It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes."
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"Kinsey kick started a lot in shocking people with how much homosexual activity there is."
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"However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years."
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"I was mostly interested in it as a theatrical film. Personally, I am not so interested in television, simply because I don't watch television myself. I'm into movies."
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"Achilles was like a rock star of his day so it made sense to have Brad Pitt playing him."
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"Oh yeah, I believe in God. I think there's much more evidence that there is a God than that there isn't. I don't believe that Mother Theresa and Hitler go to the same place."
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"A lot of movies are about life, mine are like a slice of cake."
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"I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in some way. And also, a Zen monk once said to me, 'If you're not laughing, then you're not getting it.'"
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"I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed."
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"I thought we were making a nice little movie. That's how it was regarded by everyone else, too."
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"Richard Donner is one of the few directors in Hollywood that can make whatever movie he wants exactly the way he wants it. No one will stop him."
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"If you're a director, your entire livelihood and your entire creativity is based on your self-confidence. Sometimes that's dangerously close to arrogance."
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