Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.
The power of the story sheds a light and great perspective on well known facts. The power of cinema draws on that collective history.
I've always believed that clothing is a great way to tell your story.
What's great about musicals is their energy and go-for-brokeness - stopping the story to sing and dance. How can you not love that?
You can be moved by an animated film and not by a live action film. There could be great inspiration in and humanity in that animated story.
Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.
You know there's some great folks, great story telling at 'Dateline,' and I'm glad to be a part of it.
You can have a bunch of great actors in a film, but if you don't have anyone telling a great story, it's a moot point.
Heart of America is a movie I'm very proud of. The young actors are great and the story has impact.
I'm an optimist; I always hope that each new script is going to be a great story.
I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.
That's what makes a good show. It doesn't target one group. It tells a story everyone gets.
Good teaching is creating really interesting generalizations out of war stories.
I think it is nice for people to appreciate a slow-burning, beautiful story that makes you feel good when it is over.
I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell a good yarn.
I think what makes a good action film is a story that gets you involved. Just action, by itself, is not going to work.
The problem with trying to make a film good and have it work for an audience is the problem of trying to tell a story well. The shape or the color of it doesn't matter.
I have repeatedly said, when asked, that if the stories about me helped inspired our troops and rally a nation, then perhaps there was some good.
To me the most important thing is a good story, though I know how cliche that sounds.
'Good Times' is a story about the loss of innocence, how adults are responsible for their actions but children aren't.
Of course I want my films to look really good, but every single element is chosen for a reason. It's telling something in the story.
