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" I wouldn't look pretty as a woman. "

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" I don't believe in defeat. "

" I have a very simple definition of a good movie: a good movie makes you forget you're watching a movie. "

" Anybody who says they're bitter is sick in their soul. They've given up. "

" I don't make movies to make a point; I make movies to tell stories about people. "

" All one has to do is look at old footage of the firebombing of Dresden during World War II and think of the people beneath those bombs. It's horrific. "

" There have been so many false things written about me by people who don't know me. "

" A film maker's energy and creativity don't have to end when he turns over his film. "

" I wish I was making movies back in the days when John Ford made movies and you were a director under contract to a studio. John Ford had years when he made three movies in a year. "

" I've got a room full of scripts. They go to the ceiling. I can't even hardly walk into it anymore. Most are original, and there are some adaptations like 'Man's Fate.' "

" Encountering a real place enhances the performances of actors in subtle ways and changes the spiritual texture of the film. "

" Friendship and sentiment and the giving of one's words are very important. "

" 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.' "

" It's one of the things that movies do offer you, despite all of their hardships - they offer you moments of transcendence. "

" I have no interest in making a 'Vietnam' film, no interest in making a direct political statement. "

" I felt the need to unlearn my formal education. "

" 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. "

" I would never suggest that the geography or visual environment of the film is more important than what's going on with the people, but it's a major factor in getting the right tone. Certainly, it influences the actors tremendously. "

" War is war. Vietnam is no different from the Crusades. "

" Most people I knew had been crippled by their educations. Some were even dying spiritually. "

" Movie-making ain't for sissies. "

" You can't look back. "

" Nobody lives without making mistakes. "

Making Mistakes

" There's nothing but brutality and bravery or cowardice that comes out of war. That's pretty much it. "

" I've had enough rejection for 33 years. I don't need more. "

" Even the details of a rifle, which are nothing but mechanical, if they are made carefully, with attention, become beautiful, satisfying. "

" When the rich kids got together, the most we ever did was cross against a red light. "

" 'Leaving Las Vegas' is a relationship; 'Dead Man Walking' is a relationship, and they're very contained movies. They're compressed and not in wide open spaces all over the place. "

" I cut 'Deer Hunter' myself. "

" I'm a frustrated would-be architect who stumbled into the would-be business of making movies. "

" I think 'American Sniper' is anti-war. It demonstrates the agony of the decision-making that goes on. "