Robert Ford: They gave me ten days. Charley Ford: For what? Robert Ford: Arresting him. Charley Ford: You and me, huh? Robert Ford: It's going to happen one way or another. It's going to happen, Charley, and it might as well be us who get rich on it....
Like many people, I only knew of Ford Madox Ford through a book called 'The Good Soldier,' which is everybody's favorite Ford Madox Ford if they have one, but I came to read 'Parade's End' when it was suggested via Damien Timmer of Mammoth Screen.
I prefer the old masters, by which I mean John Ford, John Ford, and John Ford.
I don't know technology and engineering. I don't know accounting.
Usually I say I have no imagination.
I think English film is very embarrassed by patriotism, generally.
I didn't have anything to apologize for.
The imagination is a pretty precious source of protection.
Dorothy Evans: Why did you kill him? Robert Ford: Well, he was gonna kill me. Dorothy Evans: So you were scared and that's the only reason? Robert Ford: Yeah. And the reward money. [long pause] Dorothy Evans: Do you want me to change the subject? Rob...
Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all.
We were all born to lead.
Bowery Saloon Singer: [singing] Jesse had a wife to mourn for his life. Three children, they were brave. But that dirty little coward... [Bob draws his gun and shoots the floor of the saloon] Robert Ford: I'm Robert Ford... [saloon patrons stand in s...
My films seem to be about men's struggle with failure.
I'm a business person at heart.
And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus.
I accidentally forgot to graduate from college.
I know what I don't know. To this day, I don't know technology, and I don't know finance or accounting.
As it turns out, what looks like science sometimes is not.
Jesse James: [indicating Frank] My brother and me are hardly on speaking terms these days. Robert Ford: I wasn't going to mention it. Jesse James: [pulls two snakes out of a box, startling Bob] You scared? Robert Ford: Just surprised a little. Jesse ...
We have not really advertised Chicago internationally.
There are different reasons to make movies.
