I played at being someone else in movies and live theater, and at being myself in life's most intense, fascinating game - the game of love.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhenever I have free time, I usually just sleep, play games, watch movies, see my friends, have a drink. Basically, I do whatever other people do in everyday life.
Copy Quote View & ShareThere's nothing scarier than silence. A lot of horror movies lean on hits and score to try and create tension, which actually does the opposite. The best scares come from a desire to see the character overcome what they're dealing with in the scene. If you care about the character you'll care about the scare.
Copy Quote View & ShareI want to make movies that pierce people's hearts and touch them in some way, even if it's just for the night while they're in the cinema; in that moment, I want to bring actual tears to their eyes and goosebumps to their skin.
Copy Quote View & ShareSome of my foster families used to send me to the movies to get me out of the house and there I'd sit all day and way into the night. Up in front, there with the screen so big, a little kid all alone, and I loved it. I loved anything that moved up there and I didn't miss anything that happened and there was no popcorn either.
Copy Quote View & ShareMy god-father, Bob Wall, was in a couple of Bruce Lee movies, and he trained Bruce Lee when he came to America.
Copy Quote View & ShareAdvertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
Copy Quote View & ShareYou take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.
Copy Quote View & ShareI've always painted or drawn pictures or taken still photographs; now I shoot movies. It's just about making images, really.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt can have an enormous effect because big budget movies can have big budget perks, and small budget movies have no perks, but what is the driving force, of course, is the script, and your part in it.
Copy Quote View & ShareYou're not homophobic for thinking that something gay is bad. All gay movies are bad.
Copy Quote View & ShareI do like escapism. I like going to the movies on a Friday night and seeing something fun.
Copy Quote View & ShareCinema is not about format, and it's not about venue. Cinema is an approach. Cinema is a state of mind on the part of the filmmaker. I've seen commercials that have cinema in them, and I've seen Oscar-winning movies that don't. I'm fine with this.
Copy Quote View & ShareEveryone is using the Internet for almost everything - trailers, ads, movies, and short films. This is the only thing that will reach everybody in the world.
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