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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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" All of those years, I felt like 'Heaven's Gate' was a beautiful, fantastically colored balloon tied to a string fastened to my wrist, so the balloon could never fly. "

" It's always a daily struggle to write. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" Being infamous is not fun. It becomes a weird occupation in and of itself. "

" When a guy is perceived as macho, female editors aren't going to like it - because they all want to be men. "

" I never second-guess 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. "

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

" 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. "

" If you don't get it right, what's the point? "

" We all want to experience that in our lives - a moment when we're two feet off the ground - and making movies gives you that opportunity. It comes and it goes so fast that it's unreal, but it does happen. "

" 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.' "

" I cut 'Deer Hunter' myself. "

" 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. "

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

" I was a child prodigy. Like Michelangelo, who could draw a perfect circle at age five. I was extremely gifted. I could paint a perfect portrait of someone at age five. "

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

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

" A film reflects who you are as a building reflects the soul of its architect. I think what you feel and what you think and what you are is what the film is. It's not for me to talk about. "

" I have no personal life. "

" There is always that need to feel that you're doing your possible best. "

" What distinguishes Vilmos Zsigmond from other cinematographers is, of course, talent but, more, physical stamina. You just can't be great without it. "

" 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. "