I only storyboard scenes that require special effects, where it is necessary to communicate through pictures.

Quote by John Boorman

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I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think...

I look at the story, I look at the idea and just try to think...

You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you...

You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you...

I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite...

I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite...

It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are...

It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are...

All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as...

All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as...

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less...

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less...

There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of...

There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of...

What is passion? It is surely the becoming of a person. Are we not, for...

What is passion? It is surely the becoming of a person. Are we not, for...

Statistically 1 out of 5 females and 1 out of 8 males will go through...

Statistically 1 out of 5 females and 1 out of 8 males will go through...

Everyone has three lives; a public life, a private life, and a secret life.

Everyone has three lives; a public life, a private life, and a secret life.

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible....

Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible....

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and...

There is no greater love than this. There is no greater gift that can ever...

There is no greater love than this. There is no greater gift that can ever...

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

Have the courage to live. Anyone can die.

In the dualism of death and life there is a harmony. We know that the...

In the dualism of death and life there is a harmony. We know that the...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're...

Life is wasted on the living.

Life is wasted on the living.

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power...

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power...

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is...

The only thing that stands between a man and what he wants from life is...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...

Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and...