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

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I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and...

I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and...

Lunch is for wimps.

Lunch is for wimps.

I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a...

I am not trying to be a historian and a dramatist; I'm a dramatist, a...

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...

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...

Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can...

Well first of all you have to make the character strong so that people can...

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.

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...

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...

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...

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

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...

One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and...

One of the joys of going to the movies was that it was trashy, and...

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'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd...

I'd like to do a story about the medieval ages where in every scene you'd...

I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part...

I will come out with my interpretation. If I'm wrong, fine. It will become part...

Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of...

Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of...

But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian...

But in answer to your question about the conspiracy angle, I think that any historian...

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 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...