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You create superheroes to take care of problems that cant really be solved another way.
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Robert Rodriguez
problems
I think that high art reposes on popular art, without one there cannot be another.
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Eric Rohmer
art
I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.
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Roberto Rossellini
evil
Reality is a dirty word for me, I know it isnt for most people, but I am not interested. Theres too much of it about.
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Ken Russell
people
The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; weve all gone through that period. Its not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.
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Gus Van Sant
life
I met a hustler at a dinner party. He had been invited because I was looking for an adviser to help me with the street scenes. So we put him on the film.
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John Schlesinger
art
I dont want to tell your story because youre a insensitive, self-centered moron. Ive told a lot of stories about young people, and I always feel theres hope.
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Joel Schumacher
hope
Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.
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Martin Scorsese
world
Life isnt black and white. Its a million gray areas, dont you find?
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Ridley Scott
you
Theres one great script that hit my desk that I didnt change at all, and that was True Romance.
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Tony Scott
change
Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy.
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Vittorio De Sica
envy
What we call evil doesnt necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means; it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it - so we can help prevent it.
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Bryan Singer
knowledge
Theres something to be said for failing. Its not the failure you feel, its the failure that people project when something disappoints. Youre back to ground zero, where theres no expectations, and thats where I like to be.
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Kevin Smith
people
My mom always encouraged me, it was never weird. Shed look at Heavy Metal and go Woo-hoo!
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Zack Snyder
courage
There are three major social issues that this country is struggling with: education, poverty, and drugs. Two of them we talk about, and one of them we dont.
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Steven Soderbergh
education
I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... Thats a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.
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George Stevens
self
Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.
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Oliver Stone
power
I am just old-fashioned enough to prefer long hair.
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Erich Von Stroheim
fashion
When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, no, I went to films.
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Quentin Tarantino
people
An artist never works under ideal conditions. If they existed, his work wouldnt exist, for the artist doesnt live in a vacuum. Some sort of pressure must exist. The artist exists because the world is not perfect. Art would be useless if the world were perfect, as man wouldnt look for harmony but would simply live in it.
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Andrei Tarkovsky
art
What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
—
Guillermo Del Toro
film
More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas good has no good images at all.
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Lars Von Trier
evil
Were playing strip billiards.
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Roger Vadim
play
I think when you get people who are really talented and you take them out of their comfort zone, you get a lot more out of them.
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Gore Verbinski
people
Jesus was a human being, bound by history and the natural world; an extraordinary man, to be sure, but still a man.
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Paul Verhoeven
history
Dont underestimate Laura Antonelli. Shes burning to do well. And then she has an extraordinary face, even without make-up. Its not with her that Id discuss literature. I speak only of the film LInnocente, and what she does she does well.
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Luchino Visconti
literature
One might have thought that the most significant change in the film industry that would come about with a transition from the communist economy to capitalism would fundamentally concern the sources of funding.
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Andrzej Wajda
change
The Cuban people have an amazingly strong and unbroken spirit.
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Wim Wenders
people
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone elses.
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Billy Wilder
mistakes
You cant tell any kind of a story without having some kind of a theme, something to say between the lines.
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Robert Wise
story
I like doves. They look so beautiful, like a woman. For me they represent peace and love and purity. And sometimes theyre seen as the messengers of God, so theyre important to me because Im a Christian.
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John Woo
love
Nobody will ever notice that. Filmmaking is not about the tiny details. Its about the big picture.
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Ed Wood
body
If anybody doubts my loyalty to my country, Ill punch him in the nose, and I dont care how old he is.
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William Wyler
ya
Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem.
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Lindsay Anderson
art
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