Learning implies a mind that doesn't know.
I was called recently in some article "Hollywood's Oldest Established Rebel. " So I'm sort of working from the inside now, with still a little bit of a rebellious spirit.
As a producer, I probably am a little stronger than most, since I was a director originally.
Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted.
There were two practical reasons we moved to Venice. One was that there was an artists movement and a countercultural movement. Lots of people we might want to hire lived in the area. We also wanted to buy in a lower rent area that looked like it was going to be gentrified so that we could eventually sell the studio for more money.
First, you have to be intelligent. I have never met a successful director who isn't intelligent. A director who is not intelligent might have one hit picture, but he won't be able to follow it up. So I look for intelligence.
I think one of the reasons movies are the quintessential modern art form is that it is partially a business. The director needs a crew - the writer, the producer, etcetera - and to have that, he needs money.
When the world needs someone to do the really big stuff, you need an American.
As soon as you know a man to be blind, you imagine that you can see it from his back.
I feel that true freedom lies within, where I shall never find it.
The issue in the Bible is not just "Do you believe in God or not?" Everybody believed in gods of some sort. The question was, "Who is truly the only living God?" And if that God is indeed Yahweh the God of Israel, then there are consequences in real life - as shown in the Torah.