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- And the biggest improvement I see between 'Up in the Air' and 'Juno' and 'Thank You for Smoking' is that 'Up in the Air' deals…
- I hate movies that tell people what to think. I'm proud that Democrats thought 'Thank You For Smoking' was their film and Republicans thought it…
- If someone else made 'Up in the Air' or 'Thank You For Smoking' or 'Juno,' I would have wanted to rip their head off. I…
- Growing up the son of a director has made me very aware of the various turns that a directing career can take. Sometimes your films…
- Selfishness, narcissism, being uncomfortable in your own skin, not feeling connected to the world around you, feeling dislocated from family and youth, having a strange…
- I don't want to make films that give you the answer. If there is a message to my films - and I hope there isn't…
- Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as…
- I always believed that you can make challenging films, but they should be fiscally responsible.
- I think, through comedy, sometimes we're allowed to discuss things that you'd never be able to talk about in a drama.
- My writing voice is very much like 'Thank You for Smoking.' It's a guy's voice. It's very masculine.
- There are only so many movies you can direct. And yet there are movies that I want to make sure make it to the screen…
- Filmmaking is a completely imperfect art form that takes years and, over those years, the movie tells you what it is. Mistakes happen, accidents happen…
- Most people are nostalgic in a way that they're fond of the past, but they still are happy that they are where they are now.…
- All the airports kind of feel and look the same now. Some are more beautiful, some are less beautiful, but for the most part you're…
- And as a director, you make 1,000 decisions a day, mostly binary decisions: yes or no, this one or that one, the red one or…
- As far as writing, I like watching bad movies. Nothing stops me in my tracks more than watching a great film like 'The Godfather' or…
- Filmmaking is finding a piece of granite and you start to chip away and then you have the shape of a head, the shape of…
- From the onset of the 'Live-Read' series, we wanted to hit all the major writers and Woody Allen is simply one of the greatest screenwriters…
- I think romance is a tool, comedy is a tool and drama is a tool. I really just want to tell stories that challenge the…
- I'd done table reads for my own screenplays, and I always thought they were so much fun. Why couldn't we do these for other classic…
- I'm not Michael Moore. I think Michael Moore wants to tell you how to think. He wants to give you answers. I make movies to…
- It's easy to get caught up in a moment and think, 'Oh, I've been offered some giant studio film or a superhero franchise or some…
- Unlike with any other art form, filmmakers have this unique web of festivals. There are hundreds. It is a democratic system in which you submit…
- When you're young, you want to make every kind of film: musicals, Westerns, horror. Slowly you begin to hear your own voice. I hope people…
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- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide