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...

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...

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

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

There's an electrical thing about movies.

There's an electrical thing about movies.

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...

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'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...

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 do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and...

I do believe there are leaders who are like lightning and they come along and...

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 study history in order to give an interpretation.

I study history in order to give an interpretation.

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...

A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly...

A woman can be very beautiful and an ideal model and she will photograph incredibly...

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 would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been...

I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been...

One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with...

One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with...

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...

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.