I know enough football to know that's funny!
The screen is a magic medium.
I will say that the God concept is at the heart of 2001 but not any traditional, anthromorphic image of God. I don't believe in any of Earth's monotheistic religions, but I do believe that one can construct an intriguing scientific definition of God, once you accept the fact that there are approximately 100 billion stars in our galaxy alone, that each star is a life-giving sun and that there are approximately 100 billion galaxies in just the visible universe.
The director's job is to know what emotional statement he wants a character to convey in his scene or his line, and to exercise taste and judgment in helping the actor give his best possible performance.
There's something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories.
The hardest thing in making a movie is to keep in the front of your consciousness your original response to the material. Because that's going to be the thing that will make the movie. And the loss of that will break the movie.
Regret isn't going to get me anywhere. It's like being obsessed with something. It doesn't bring you anywhere.
Immigration is a good thing. We should make that as easy as possible.
The Allwise Creator hath been dishonored by being made the author of fable and the human mind degraded by believing it.
When it comes to Father's Day, I will remember my dad for both being there to nurture me and also for the times he gave me on my own to cultivate my own interests and to nurture my own spirit.
Better the rule of One, whom all obey, than to let clamorous demagogues betray our freedom with the kiss of anarchy.