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" Being infamous is not fun. It becomes a weird occupation in and of itself. "
Michael Cimino
Weird
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" I don't believe in defeat. "
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" I am not a preacher; I'm a reacher. "
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" Every great movie is about the people, even if it's a great popular success like 'Gone With the Wind.' It's really not about the Civil War. It's about Scarlett and Rhett. That's who you go to see. You're not going to root for the North or pull for the South, or, you know, it's the people you remember. "
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" Would you ask Picasso to explain 'Guernica?' Would you ask Nabokov to explain 'Lolita?' Would you ask Tolstoy about 'War and Peace?' No, you wouldn't dare. "
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" There's nothing but brutality and bravery or cowardice that comes out of war. That's pretty much it. "
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" They've said everything about me that they could: racist, Marxist, rightist, homophobic, sex change - I don't know what else they could come up with. "
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" Hollywood has always been crazy. It's controlled anarchy. But how can you loathe something that has given you so much? "
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" Encountering a real place enhances the performances of actors in subtle ways and changes the spiritual texture of the film. "
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" Because people don't see me around a lot, I'm the source of all sorts of rumour. "
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" Most people I knew had been crippled by their educations. Some were even dying spiritually. "
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" I have a very simple definition of a good movie: a good movie makes you forget you're watching a movie. "
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" War is war. Vietnam is no different from the Crusades. "
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" It's one of the wonderful things that the Academy does - a talented person comes along like Mira Sorvino, and it elevates them up to stardom. "
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" I have no personal life. "
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" If you can't stop somebody from working and making movies that you hate, what's the next best thing? Destroy them personally. "
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" Nobody lives without making mistakes. "
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" Does anyone remember who shot Kubrick's movies? Do you remember who shot David Lean's movies? No one remembers who shot 'Dr. Strangelove' or 'Barry Lyndon.' "
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" What we forget is that the Academy is a star-maker, or it reinforces the stardom of people. "
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" I don't make movies to make a point; I make movies to tell stories about people. "
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Point
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" Working-class, blue-collar guys who volunteered for Vietnam were ascribed certain political beliefs. It's time that this was redressed. It had nothing to do with politics. Once these men got to Vietnam, it was a matter of survival. "
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" You couldn't make 'Heaven's Gate' today. Even were you to quadruple the resources to make the movie, you couldn't make it because the people don't exist. "
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Gate
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" On a movie, you often work fourteen-, sixteen-hour days, six days a week, for six months. It is so easy to let up because of fatigue. "
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