You can do irrefutably impossible things with the right amount of planning and support from intelligent and hardworking people and pizza.
The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.
The attacks of 9/11 came out of Afghanistan. It was a failed state, a rogue nation. That's why al Qaeda was there in the first place.
A grenade launcher will easily take out a tank; a Molotov cocktail placed in its air intake will destroy one as well.
I feel like the American years were my apprenticeship for doing a Bond movie.
Like most writers, I write about what has happened to me as that involves the minimum amount of research.
So is this how it works Doctor? You never interfere with the affairs of other peoples or planets, unless there are children crying?
My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.
My topics are timely. When an event is happening is when I want to be there... I think it is our duty to challenge the status quo.
I think writers have become hypnotised by the number of jokes on the page at the expense of character.
Basically, independent film doesn't exist anymore. It does if you have two or three stars in your film, but it's just very difficult.
A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach.
We have the Terminator as governor, and we had an actor as president, so why shouldn't we have a fashion designer as a senator?
A lot of people think a high armhole is restrictive, but it gives you total movement because it's cut right up to your arm.
Everyone's heard the same joke a million times and knows the setups. They are tired of the mass-marketed entertainment served on the networks.
I think there's a fine, healthy tradition of, you know, the people on the fringes satirizing the process of Hollywood.
I have been skeptical and not trusting of traditional models of the entertainment industry. I never got a manager.
I think, you know, I'm German, and um, probably not very expressive in my emotions.
I think directors can become overly infatuated by gilt and gold, and the word 'lavish' and everything being magnificent.
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
The point of psychoanalysis is to really understand the roots of your behavior. Understand why you are doing the things you're doing - and connect your unconscious to your conscious.
