I still remember 2002. It's a very hard time for Hong Kong industry, no movies in Hong Kong, and also at this moment I start my new company, so many people said, 'You're crazy.'
It's ironic: In movies, the most successful films of all time have been sci-fi or fantasy. By far. But a lot of people won't even read science fiction books.
Success is not something I've wrapped my brain around. If people go to those movies, then yes, that's true, big-time success. If not, it's much ado about nothing.
A lot of times I'll make films that are mostly character-driven films - stories that involve people. Like, I make the joke: I like to make movies about human beings that live on Earth.
I don't consider that I have to judge any of the movies I make all the time, but people are always asking me, 'What's your favorite movie?' And I never know what to say.
Neytiri: Toruk Macto was mighty. He brought the clans together in a time of great sorrow. All Na'vi people know this story.
I take it to heart that, for example, there aren't enough funds for AIDS research, but people pay 20 times the value of an item of clothing.
A time is coming when people will go mad, and when they see those who are not mad, they will attack them saying, "You are mad, you are not like us.
Not obedience or feelings or respect, there is only one thing which people take seriously at all time and its "money".
when people stopped having enough money to make long distance calls, or the energy and time to write, they disappeared ["The Basement,” , Feb 5, 2015].
She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time.
People tend to fast forward your healing and learning for their own convenience. They don't realize they are not the healers, it's the time and individual wisdom.
The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times.
The P.C. police are out in force at all times... We've reached a point where people are actually afraid to talk about what they want to say.
So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there are times when you have to make accommodations.
All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.
When the only people in mainstream discourse who care about the working class are Wall Street investors, it really is time to ask where our politics went wrong.
Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want to take the easy way out, because it's basically what they've understood throughout their lives.
I wouldn't say in all situations, but a lot of times kids can be the most reasonable people around because they don't have the deal with all the drama that goes along with being an adult.
The red carpet is a beautiful situation for people. I think everybody appreciates it and loves it and honors it. Nobody really acts a fool because they know this is a one-time thing.
Success for Managers means: I want to be in healthy relationships. I want a real connection with people I spend so much time with.
