I think a first-time director always has to convince a lot of people that they're ready to do it.
A script like 'Nightcrawler' gives me an opportunity to truly realize a vision that's mine, which is exciting.
HIV infection and AIDS is growing - but so too is public apathy. We have already lost too many friends and colleagues.
Once we start seeing video games that have more memorable characters, you'll see better movie adaptations.
Everyone knows that there are more people watching any given show than is being registered by the Nielsen system.
You can't tell the audience — well, you can, but I don't like to tell the audience — that anything they're watching doesn't matter.
Essentially, there's no scientific evidence whatsoever that could ever be presented to me that would wipe out my fundamental spiritual beliefs.
I think 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy has a very satisfying ending, and there's not really that deep of a mythological construct.
I realize I am contradictory: I have an independent filmmaker's sensibility and a Hollywood director's short-attention span.
It's no secret that my process is a little bit loose and can be a little bit infuriating to a studio if they don't know what they're signing up for.
Finding a writer who can write decent kids' dialog and finding kids that can act realistically and not 'cute' is an effort.
I think 'Gasland' is the doorway for a lot of people to see something happening in their backyard and realize the national and global implications.
Thousands upon thousands of people across America and many more across the globe are suffering at the hands of the oil and gas industry.
People treat citizens like they're some kind of unreliable source, but citizens are data. They are a data set.
In fact, the individual outlook becomes less and less valuable and more and more harmful unless it is transmitted into the corporate outlook.
I like writing my own stuff. If a book came along I would maybe do that.
Quand le doigt montre le ciel, l’imbécile regarde le doigt. [When a finger is pointing up to the sky, only a fool looks at the finger.]
It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict.
Who authorised the spend of millions of pounds and thousands of man hours into a stale, historical situation from three decades ago - with virtually no complaints made?
Well I grew up in the Midwest, and I think the first film that blew my mind was 'Raiders of the Lost Ark.'
For me, I feel like, between 'Tron' and 'Oblivion,' I've gotten to fulfill my 'Star Wars' fantasies, in a way.
