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The freer a society becomes, the freer its arts can flourish and be exported.
You'll find Swedes - maybe not as much as the Finns - thriving in melancholy.
My major goal is to take my bathrobe off before the kids get home from school.
I found Mick Jagger... very bright. I always liked him very much and still do.
I don't have to put on a front. If I had to, it would be difficult and tiring.
I've never been one to talk analytically about a music video or whatever I do.
I think women have the ability to stick with things over a long period of time.
People have become so literal because they're used to reality-based television.
I'm in the entertainment business, where you're only as good as your last show.
When you cast, you can't cast only visually; you have to cast emotionally, too.
If I feel the labor and the gruesome process, that helps me appreciate the art.
Politics is the means by which the will of the few becomes the will of the many.
It's people who are repressed and cannot express their fears that are dangerous.
I grew up in a religious family, and we weren't allowed to listen to rock music.
I grew up in the home of a political cartoonist, so I was a junkie for politics.
We have to look forward and keep filming new films and not get stuck in the past.
If you hug someone for seven seconds, it gives you a chemical drop in your brain.
'Doctor Who' is pretty dark, I think. Generally it's dark; it's always been dark.
I'm not good at normal things. I can't drive a car. I couldn't read till I was 10.
The only thing people fear more than what's going to happen is not getting footage.
Any conversation I have with anybody that's real is always revealing and inspiring.
Directing is to fill anyone with a yearning to get back at ten o'clock next morning.
It's always interesting to challenge yourself to say, 'Is this the best you can do?'
There are some people who shouldn't watch horror films, and I'm all right with that.
What makes a man is when you go against your own instincts to do to the right thing.
'Omega Man' is a little too tied to a specific generation and a little cult-y to me.
I believe, in general, that even people that are self-pitying, you can feel for them.
I played in bands very very young. I painted; I did photography, all kinds of things.
The purpose of making people feel uncomfortable is to play with their preconceptions.
I think movie sets can often be stressful, and people take themselves very seriously.
My father, an architectural photographer, was an incurable tinkerer, maker and mender.
I've been working in television for a long time, and I know all aspects of television.
Madonna has an incredible face. A face you would like to look at blown up 50 feet high!
I love the idea of making a movie for kids but it's got to be that, with my take on it.
A great poem leaves so much room for everybody to have such a different reaction to it.
Believe it or not, there's a lot of humor in 'Mad Men.' Especially in the dark moments.
Unfortunately, I think music videos are a dying breed because there is no money in them.
Doing a documentary is about discovering, being open, learning, and following curiosity.
I don't understand the whole testing-numbers thing. It is not how I want to make movies.
The invention of the iPod changes how you use music. Suddenly you have music everywhere.
I'm drawn to the dark but not the nihilistic aspects, the relentless parts, of darkness.
What I desire most in my life is to become a better person. I genuinely want to be good.
One of the things I love about my job is the cornucopia of different professions in one.
I started off as a Star Trek fan, and to be able to work on the series was a great honor.
We actually started shooting the 'Mockingjay' movies before 'Catching Fire' was released.
Whenever I start writing, I try to put together songs that feed the feeling of the movie.
I admire how Tarantino finds music that's semifamiliar and not famous: undiscovered gems.
I'm always inspired by other filmmakers, whether it's a shot or the way they handle tone.
Europe is not a bright spot; it's all tangled up in its knickers with all that regulation.
Improvisation is the art of being completely O.K. with not knowing what the f— you’re doing