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" I am in a constant stage of development. "

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" Dad entered the Second World War like any other man, trying to do the right thing. "

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" The Gulf of Mexico, they believe, is a huge asteroid. That was an impact zone, you know that? Yeah, for that big a thing to actually hit our globe, it would have had to adjusted the spin, the axis. "

" One of the problems with science fiction, which is probably one of the reasons why I haven't done one for many, many years, is the fact that everything is used up. Every type of spacesuit is used up, every type of spacecraft is vaguely familiar, the corridors are similar, and the planets are similar. "

" I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do. "

" Choosing location is integral to the film: in essence, another character. "

" Everyone is tearing each other apart in the name of their personal god. And the irony is, by definition, they're probably worshiping the same god. "

" I grew up in the North of England at a time when Stirling Moss was a hero. Everyone wanted to be a racing driver. "

" I've seen some of James Cameron's work, and I've got to go 3D. "

" History is only conjecture, and the best historians try to do it as accurately as they can. They try to accurately reassemble the facts and then put them down on paper. "

" Yes, obviously, there's this degree of wanting people to accept other people faiths and philosophies. "

" Anybody who does 90 takes has a problem. "

" I don't get attached to anything. I'm like a good antique dealer. I'm prepared to sell my most valuable table. "

" I'm a yarn teller. My job is to engage you as much as I can and as often as I can. "

" The digital and theatrical markets are two different marketplaces. "

" Sometimes you can do a TV show on a subject you just can't do in film. Either it's too long or studios will perceive it as not being commercial. "

" In film, it's very important to not allow yourself to get sentimental, which, being British, I try to avoid. People sometimes regard sentimentality as emotion. It is not. Sentimentality is unearned emotion. "

" The great film editor is not a cutter, he's a storyteller, right? "

" The great attraction to 'American Gangster' is these two great characters who are absolute paradoxes within their own sphere. "

" I think over time I've learned to stop being a screamer and get interactive; otherwise, you get killed in Hollywood. I stopped being a screamer shortly after 'Blade Runner,' kicking doors and things like that, because I wasn't actually getting anywhere. "

" I don't ever blink, honestly. "

" It's very difficult to find good scripts in Hollywood any more. "

" But Gladiator is one of my favourite adventures because I really loved going into the world. I loved creating the world to the degree where you could almost smell it. "