I loved New York. I made enough money and studied acting with Kenneth McMillan, which was my first formal training.
I like the intimacy of independent films and I like the idea that people aren't being paid necessarily as much money as some one on a studio film.
Money talks. This is the thing, at the end of the day, I do what I have to do, and I'mma keep doing what I have to do.
I'm a Taurean, so I'm very passionate and determined and materialistic. Down the years, I've spent a lot of money and saved a bit of money and had a lot of fun.
I think that people need to become more educated about money. We need to stop creating systems that benefit only the most-cutthroat sharks.
At fifteen one is first beginning to realize that everything isn't money and power in this world, and is casting about for joys that do not turn to dross in one's hands.
I don't want to be in a position where I'm playing roles I'm comfortable with and making money, but doing it without feeling like I'm growing.
I think that 'Halo' is a hard property because they don't need to make a film. They make far more money out of the games so why risk?
You couldn't pay me enough money to go back to being 20. So many tears; what a nightmare it was. It's much better being older.
As a director, my job is to spend money, and the producer's is to save money. Masoom, Bandit Queen and the first Queen Elizabeth have been my most uncompromised films.
My father was brought up in a theatrical background, just as I was, and his father instilled in him the need to do everything properly and take responsibility for money.
If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.
Everything affects hip-hop. The question is, how does it affect the money that corporations are going to invest to put out different kinds of hip-hop?
The body is both a temple and a perfect machine. Our bodies have within them a healing potential, and we nourish this potential with the pure and simple foods found in nature.
Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war or pageantry.
It's not often that the idea of continuing something for a potentially long period of time sounds exciting to me, because I really am a gypsy by nature.
My aim in painting has always been the most exact transcription possible of my most intimate impression of nature.
If the technical innovations of the Impressionists led merely to a more accurate representation of nature, it was perhaps of not much value in enlarging their powers of expression.
Today we are searching for things in nature that are hidden behind the veil of appearance... We look for and paint this inner, spiritual side of nature.
A character, their ability or inability to laugh at themselves should always be a very, very conscious choice. It's a very big key to the nature of a human being.
I've made four films about the destructive nature of relationships, of secrets and lies, and I think I'm no longer interested in that subject - which is a wonderful relief.
