I tend to be attracted to characters who are up against a wall with very few alternatives. And the film then becomes an examination of how they cope with very few options. And that's, I guess, what interests me in…

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Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and...

Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and...

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's...

The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's...

Violence is not funny.

Violence is not funny.

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take...

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take...

To me, film right now is dormant. It's a sleeping giant. It's the plaything of...

To me, film right now is dormant. It's a sleeping giant. It's the plaything of...

Violence is not funny.

Violence is not funny.

Technique is of less interest than character and story.

Technique is of less interest than character and story.

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost...

I don't know about the rest of you, but I feel pressed and tense almost...

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

I really think that sex always looks kind of funny in a movie.

Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to...

Perhaps it sounds ridiculous, but the best thing that young filmmakers should do is to...

I'm definitely happy with the way my career has gone, the success; but I even...

I'm definitely happy with the way my career has gone, the success; but I even...

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

The television screen, so unlike the movie screen, sharply reduced human beings, revealed them as...

Watching a funny movie after a scary one to try to reduce the risk of...

Watching a funny movie after a scary one to try to reduce the risk of...

In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male...

In the X-Men the women are so strong and sexy! We really kick some male...

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew...

I watched Titanic when I got back home from the hospital, and cried. I knew...

I'd love to go to school, but every time I try I get a movie....

I'd love to go to school, but every time I try I get a movie....

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood...

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood...

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can...

Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can...

You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

You can kill a lifetime without feeling anything but skin.

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into...

Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into...