I have a portrait of Saint Thomas More in my office.
We love the quality in a person, who can see themselves clearly and isn't ashamed of who they are.
Magic has a spiritual element, and is considered very important and of value, and magicians have always been a little bit silly, so if you're going to portray a modern day magician, there's gotta be a little silliness.
It's so damn hard to write a great historical mystery based on fact. It's not for lack of trying.
What's great is when you're shooting at the same hotel you're living in, you finish shooting, put your stuff down, take an elevator and go to bed.
It's so much harder to recreate something than it is to shoot at the actual place. It's not without its problems. You've got a lot of bystanders and security issues, but it's always a lot easier and a lot more fun to shoot at the actual location.
It's an ongoing process, in the script, on the set and in the editing room, to make sure you are being true to the emotion of the film without turning it into a melodrama, and making sure you're getting all the laughs you can without it turning into just some stupid comedy.
Common sense is very uncommon.
To fly up to the sky and watch the earth is beautiful; to fly down to the earth and watch the sky is even more beautiful!
Computers are very powerful tools, but in the simulated world of the computer, everything has to be calculated.
Public schools are government-established, politician- and bureaucrat-controlled, fully politicized, taxpayer-supported, authoritarian socialist institutions. In fact, the public-school system is one of the purest examples of socialism existing in America.