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" Being a kid growing up with Kurosawa films and watching Sergio Leone movies just made me love what it could do to you, and how it could influence you - make you dream. "

Antoine Fuqua

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" I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, independent movies, or screen them privately. But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies. "

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" It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark and real, you want to show all this stuff but unfortunately you can't always do that. "

" Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies. "

" Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel. "

" What I learned is, don't forget who you are, because that's what's going to make you a filmmaker. "

" I've become friends with Michael Mann and Oliver Stone; I've seen those guys work and that was great to see. "

" It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea of what we are and who we are as people in the cinema, and that kind of stuff keeps dragging us back down. "

" The story is also about the battle between Arthur and the Saxons. The Saxons were destroying everything they came across and Arthur was left when Rome was falling because this movie takes place in 400 A.D. "

" If you disagree with the way a colleague did something, call him up, invite him out for a coffee, talk about it. But don't do it publicly. "

" 'Cause movies are human drama, that's it. "

" The simple answer is I'd just be a guy trying to feed my family, like everybody else. The complicated answer is, I think I'd be in some sort of military or government world of some sort. "

" Bruce Willis. Pain in my ass, no problem about that. We just didn't get along. We got along off camera, but shooting we just didn't get along. "

" But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies. "

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" I like the opportunity to make films. "

Antoine Fuqua

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" I just think you can't shut your life off to just, you know, one thing. You gotta be open-minded. Explore things. Feed your artist. "

" I believe in God, absolutely. "

" The challenge for a director - and I think a lot of directors feel the same way - is that today we have to put on a producer's hat, too. Meaning, you have to sometimes think of it being 'business show,' not just 'show business.' "

" It's a dumb question, because I don't look at things as a black director, just as a director, so ask me as a director first and we can segue into the colour thing later. "

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" I grew up on the East Coast, and we always used to say, 'Go get your hustle on,' whether it was playing sports or making money. You do what you have to do to do what you want to do. "