Chance is another name that we give to our mistakes. And all of the best things in my films are mistakes. — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
The Oscar for the films, it'd be nice. But I don't make those kind of films, and I don't think that will… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
Most of my films I call arena films. I deal with a confined area -- an arena -- and I try to… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
All of my films deal with the same thing: striving, socially and culturally, to stay alive. — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
I've never had a big hit movie. "MASH" was probably the biggest. I don't make those kind of films, and I never… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
I make no apologies for Popeye. Behind M*A*S*H, it's my biggest hit. It got maligned by the critics because it wasn't Superman.… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
If something works for you, you continue to do it. I did a bunch of pictures for 20th Century Fox when Alan… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
There was not a lot of dialogue. The titles were just to keep you up. It's the visual stimulation that hits the… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
“ Titanic I thought was the most dreadful piece of work I've ever seen in my entire life. Another film that I… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
You will never see'Altman's Great Film of the Seventies: The Director's Cut' because you have never seen a film of mine that… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
Making a movie is like chipping away at a stone. You take a piece off here, you take a piece off there… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
People have asked me throughout the years which directors have influenced me. I don't know their names, because I was mostly influenced… — Robert Altman Copy Share Image
I've had it-the agencies, the winking, the networks, the ratings. Anyone who thinks TV is an art medium is crazy-it's an advertising medium. — Robert Altman Copy Share
Most of my films I call arena films. I deal with a confined area -- an arena -- and I try to cover every… — Robert Altman Copy Share
I never knew what I wanted, except that it was something I hadn't seen before. — Robert Altman Copy Share
People have asked me throughout the years which directors have influenced me. I don't know their names, because I was mostly influenced when I'd… — Robert Altman Copy Share
I don't think screenplay writing is the same as writing - I mean, I think it's blueprinting. — Robert Altman Copy Share
Happy endings are absolutely ludicrous, they're not true at all. We see the guy carry the girl across the threshold and everybody lives happily… — Robert Altman Copy Share
If you have a child who is seven feet tall, you don't cut off his head or his legs. You buy him a bigger… — Robert Altman Copy Share
The artist and the multitude are natural enemies. They always will be, both ways. The artist is an enemy of the multitude, and the… — Robert Altman Copy Share
Wisdom and love have nothing to do with each other. Wisdom is staying alive, survival. Youre wise if you dont stick your finger in… — Robert Altman Copy Share
I've never had a big hit movie. "MASH" was probably the biggest. I don't make those kind of films, and I never have. I… — Robert Altman Copy Share
I am not an expert. That is someone else's job. If I were expert, the approach would be all wrong. It would be from… — Robert Altman Copy Share
I was scared that no one would hire me. At that time, there was still a stigma attached to it. A big stigma. Actually,… — Robert Altman Copy Share
