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And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same.

Norman McLaren

Well rounded forms gives smooth sounds; sharper or angular forms give harder and harsher sounds.

Norman McLaren

Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element.

Norman McLaren

Nobody's born evil. I guess that's why we're drawn to violence. We're fascinated by it, but there's a moral in how you examine it.

Niels Arden Oplev

The thing with 'The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo' is that is it's like an Agatha Christie plot, and an investigating journalist is also a classic character.

Niels Arden Oplev

The nice thing about animation is that you can realise your inventions without understanding all the hard theory.

Nick Park

You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me.

Nicolas Roeg

I was always a bit arty-farty as a boy. 'Come on, Mr. Arty-Farty,' my sister used to say to me.

Nicolas Roeg

Too many films today feel formulaic and familiar. I prefer it when the familiar is made to feel strange.

Nicolas Roeg

A fat stomach sticks out too far. It prevents you from looking down and seeing what is going on around you.

Norman Reilly Raine

The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.

Olivier Dahan

I like David Lynch; I like Stanley Kubrick. I'm a big fan of Kubrick.

Olivier Megaton

No matter how many times you do it, you don't get used to the sadness - for me at least - of coming to the end of a film.

Paul Thomas Anderson

I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.

Paul Thomas Anderson

I wasn't hanging around the movie theaters in New York where I grew up, a Manhattan brat.

Peter Bart

It really hasn't been demonstrated at any level by any major corporation that it can nurture what is euphemistically called creativity.

Peter Bart

Most movie-goers are overdosing on star coverage; it's the ultimate example of too much information.

Peter Bart

Sharks don't target human beings, and they certainly don't hold grudges.

Peter Benchley

It's hard to care deeply for something that might turn on you and eat you.

Peter Benchley

I think if Roman Polanski had asked me to do the phone book, I would have said, 'Yes.'

Pierce Brosnan

I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.

Park Chan-wook