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I often say that ... I'm just involved in comedy, so I can be around it.
When I was in my 20s, I was always sick. I was always feeling exhausted.
I'm not a member of a minority but I can empathize with what's going on.
I will never sign anything which makes me have to do more than one film.
There are a handful of music docs I'd love to do, including David Bowie.
Let the wealth of remembrances past be the link of friendship treasured.
When I was a kid, I loved history because history to me was a big story.
I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
When told a script was full of old cliches: Let's have some new cliches.
When we played softball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.
Of all human weakness obsession is the most dangerous. And the silliest.
I'm not a big believer in the sense of Jews having a monopoly on comedy.
I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
There is simply no limitation on the realistic power of the U.N. over us.
You can't make people laugh for more than half an hour and be consistent.
You're always fascinated by what you do, and how other people look at it.
More money has been lost trying to imitate 'Rocky' than 'Rocky' has made.
For some reason, people value being scared less than they value laughing.
Pause and remember - The only person you need to believe in you is - you!
There's nothing more fun than debating and defending your taste in music.
What I keep searching for in movies, more and more, is the right gravity.
If the studio wants to spend money on making your movie better, let them.
Some people are directors and I think they should stay behind the camera.
Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.
I'm an ardent fan. All I really had to do was put myself in my own shoes.
'Star Wars' boils down to the transition from adolescence into adulthood.
Every single frame, every single shot in the movie, has a digital effect.
I didn't want to see George Hamilton playing me, I wanted the real thing.
What is interesting to me about Vikings is that they were failed farmers.
It will create an excitement that will sweep the country like wildflowers
If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job.
I don't think my parents liked me. They put a live teddy bear in my crib.
Life is hard for insects. And don't think mice are having any fun either.
I believe in sex and death- two experiences that come once in a lifetime.
I always thought that as long as man is mortal, he will never be relaxed.
I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead. Not sick. Not wounded. Dead.
Combat is a piece of war. But war is a totalizing, uncivilized experience.
The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
If I'm going to fail, let me fail with something that I care deeply about.
You should impact the greatest amount of people that you can in your life.
The thought of buying a gift and wrapping is too much of an effort for me.
Of course, design is a very personal thing: what I like, you may not like.
Also watching a movie on DVD is different than watching it in the theater.
I never like to do parodies. I never do. It's just not my style of comedy.
I try to keep the number of projects I'm involved in down to one per year.
[My] dream writers room: "'Taxi.' I need to write for someone named Judd."
So many people are in comedy because of difficult mothers or broken homes.
If you look at who drives the box office numbers at these films, it's men.
I've never produced a series, so for me [X-men] was a wonderful challenge.
I really liked Carrie a lot. That was one of Brian De Palma's best movies.