Painting does what we cannot do - it brings a three-dimensional world into a two-dimensional plane.
We start with strong characters and build the movie from there. That not to say we don't struggle with story - that's the most challenging part.
I write about what I know; and I write about things that are new to me, and that I didn't know before.
You cannot read any image of the World Trade Center without thinking of 9/11.
I think the Northern Ireland accent is one of the most beautiful in the world.
'Jurassic Park' isn't about the bad luck of three people who keep getting thrown into the same situation.
There's no lack of talent out there. I suspect there is a lack of creative guidance, and that would not be solely the responsibility of a director but also a producer.
I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.
The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word.
Debt can be the most addictive thing in the universe, and it can kill you. You get used to living high off the hog. It was intoxicating.
You know, for years I used to read about myself. They'd say, 'He has a temper' or 'He's a bully' or something like that, and it always bothered me.
There's something about the fashion world that I like, which is, I see a lot of the designers really have affection for other designers.
People who light up like Roman candles come down in the dark very quickly.
The cinema, as literature, as all the plastic arts, do not exist outside of a critical system that allows us to study them.
I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.
YouTube is found footage. It's here to stay, and people will always come up with new concepts that will make sense for found footage.
I read an interview where someone said, 'It's a shame that anyone can make a movie now,' and I feel the exact opposite.
I mean if you put all of your eggs in one basket, boy, and that thing blows up you've got a real problem.
Our military thought that they couldn't get to Pearl Harbor, that it was too long a journey from Japan to get there, and they proved us wrong.
Violent resistance and nonviolent resistance share one very important thing in common: They are both a form of theater seeking an audience to their cause.
These happy endings all express the weak and sly promise that the world is not rotten and out of joint but meaningful and ultimately in excellent condition.
