The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings.
I do like directing other people's material.
And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.
The camera lies all the time -- lies 24 timessecond.
I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.
You've got to remind yourself all the time that you're being measured against the fashions of the day, and if your work truly has any kind of staying power, well, people will be talking about it in 20, 30 years.
It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow
Working in the garden gives me something beyond the enjoyment of the senses. It gives me a profound feeling of inner peace.
The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.
I had - after I sang the 'Star Spangled Banner' so badly, after my tragic singing accident, after that, you know, all my stuff kind of, like, really got even more full blown and, you know, I got stage fright and, you know, I couldn't do stand-up anymore and let alone sing and all the other things.
But I also think all of the great stories in literature deal with loneliness. Sometimes it's by way of heartbreak, sometimes it's by way of injustice, sometimes it's by way of fate. There's an infinite number of ways to examine it.