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Quotes by Director
"I would be terribly disappointed if anything would get in the way of my being cast in something, or if performances were canceled. It was a fix that I obviously needed."
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"There's one great script that hit my desk that I didn't change at all, and that was True Romance."
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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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"I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next."
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"I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me."
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"I've always been fascinated by the way that children and animals suffer stoically in a way that I don't think adults do."
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"I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters."
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"Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism."
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"If a violent act towards a woman takes place, and the inspiration for that act is violence in cinema, the inspiration for that act would have come from somewhere else if movies didn't exist."
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"At the time I came along, Hollywood's idea of teen movies meant there had to be a lot of nudity, usually involving boys in pursuit of sex, and pretty gross overall. Either that or a horror movie. And the last thing Hollywood wanted in their teen movies was teenagers!"
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"I have never seen a connection between cinematic violence towards women and actual violence towards women in society."
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"I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life."
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"We just said, 'Okay, you're in the movie. Bring what you would bring for a three-day weekend and I hope you like the way you look in it because once you're on camera, that's your wardrobe.' But it worked; it worked and we were very surprised."
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"I'm full of fears and I do my best to avoid difficulties and any kind of complications. I like everything around me to be clear as crystal and completely calm."
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"I brought in the stories many times. I don't just do animation."
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"I like writing because you can make things happen and turn out the way they never do in real life."
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"I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters."
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"One of the most amazing locations I've ever been is the top of the volcano in Tanzania, Africa. It's an actual volcano where you really have this lava every day."
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"Such manifestations I account as representing the creative leadership of the new forces of thought and appreciation which attend changes in technological pattern and therefore of the pattern of human relationships in society."
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"Movies are an art form that is very available to the masses."
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"Now there is so much expertise and brainpower it's hard to be at the cutting edge of what's cool and not do something that's totally geeky."
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"The first thing you should do with an actor is not sign a contract with him. Take him to dinner. And take him for a walk afterwards."
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"I had more fun making Traffic than either of the Ocean's films."
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"I have always felt that this story is universal. When I began to understand the details of the history, I felt that the most compelling aspect was not what happened, but what continues to happen and how it is denied."
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