The same contingencies of time and space that force a statesman or soldier to make decisions, impel the historian, though with less urgency, to make up his mind.
I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.
Mothers send strips to daughters to make a point. Daughters smack strips down on the breakfast table to make a point. My own mom sometimes cuts a strip out and sends it to me to make sure I understand her.
We've been remarkably lucky in that we've been free to make the movies we've wanted to make the way we've wanted to make them. They've all been made for a price.
I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images make politicians, so I take an interest in politics, but it's really an interest in the image.
Practice makes perfect, But nothings perfect so why bother practicing?
I make no apology for wanting to make a profit - the more I make, the bigger percentage will go to charity. So most of the work I do now is motivated by that.
I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
I don't believe in selling art by transparencies. Art is a firsthand experience.
The unknown can be a great tool.
You've got to believe. Never be afraid to dream.
I wouldn't live with me, believe me. I'm moody.
I don't really believe in the auteur theory.
I was raised to believe that we all have a civic duty and a responsibility as Americans to improve our neighborhoods and our nation.
I was born in 1969, believe it or not, so I was a child in the '70s.
I want to just be what kids believe in.
I don't believe in censorship in any form.
You have to believe in magic to see it.
I don't believe in balance, not in the classic way.
If I don't believe it, I don't care.
Believe it or not, there are people who want to be on juries.
