Never underestimate the power of jealousy and the power of envy to destroy. Never underestimate that.

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I have the right to interpretation as a dramatist. I research. It's my responsibility to...

I have the right to interpretation as a dramatist. I research. It's my responsibility to...

I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.

I do believe that movies are subject to a million interpretations.

Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought...

Anybody who's been through a divorce will tell you that at one point. they've thought...

When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it...

When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it...

I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they...

I think that many people in history who had power were bumped off because they...

I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.

I never put out a history, I put out a dramatic history.

I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.

I'm terrible at horror movies, by the way. I get scared so easily.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete...

You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete...

There's an electrical thing about movies.

There's an electrical thing about movies.

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to...

But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to...

I've met people who will go to a movie that I can't stand and they...

I've met people who will go to a movie that I can't stand and they...

If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's...

If anything, if you can get somebody interested in something and get them excited, that's...

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

When you look at a movie, you look at a director's thought process.

I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to...

I think experience will teach you a combination of liberalism and conservatism. We have to...

I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can.

I'd love to do historical pictures more, but I don't know if I can.

You do the best job you can. You take it step by step. It's hard...

You do the best job you can. You take it step by step. It's hard...

It's interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that's when many people embraced liberalism.

It's interesting that when economic times were the hardest, that's when many people embraced liberalism.

Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard...

Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard...

In any film there's always a historical implication.

In any film there's always a historical implication.