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

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" You just don't know when you get all the paint across the canvas how it will turn out. When you step back after you've finished, you say, 'This one is not so good. This one is good.' "

" The word 'religion' is only a label. What lies behind that, the most important thing of all, is the word 'faith'. You either have faith, or you don't have faith, or you have degrees of faith - and if you have degrees of faith, then you become agnostic. You're kind of in-between, or you're on the fence. "

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

Do The Right Thing

" 'Alien' is a C film elevated to an A film, honestly, by it being well done and a great monster. If it hadn't had that great monster, even with a wonderful cast, it wouldn't have been as good, I don't think. "

" Sometimes, scenes are great without any music at all. "

" 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. "

" If you ever have a kid who doesn't know what to do, stick him in art school. It's amazing what evolves. "

" I had a quite unconventional childhood, in the sense that I traveled a lot and I went to 10 or 11 schools. I was completely confused academically, but wherever I went, I could paint. I painted an inordinate amount. "

" When you're in the editing room, the dangerous thing is that it becomes like telling a joke again and again and again. Eventually, the joke starts to not be funny. So you have to be careful that you're not throwing the baby out with the bath water. "

" If I have to, I'll go and direct theater and talk till the cows come home. "

" A hit for me is if I enjoy the movie, if I personally enjoy the movie. "

" The idea of flying in general does not appeal to me. I can barely understand why people want to fly at all, other than that it's occasionally necessary. "

" Far from being dead, physical media has years of life left and must be preserved because there is no better alternative. "

" If studios don't get their money back, we don't have any movies. So it is important that films are successful, and I am fully supportive of that because I'm not just a director, I'm also not stupid. I've been in this business long enough and, to a certain extent, I'm a businessman; I know the importance of that. "

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

" Life isn't black and white. It's a million gray areas, don't you find? "

Black And White

" I am a science fiction enthusiast, really, deep down. "

" The hardest single thing you do is get the bloody screenplay right. "

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

" I wanted 'Alien' to be all about claustrophobia. "

" Conscience, the power of conscience, can unearth all kinds of things. "

" Doing science fiction at a high level is tricky. It's really tricky. "

Science Fiction

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

" From time to time, there are people in the film industry who appear on the horizon with a unique vision. South African director Neill Blomkamp is one of those rare people. "

" Business fascinates me. It's very creative. "

" Most people need the money all the time. "

" I watched Someone to Watch Over Me the other night. I thought it was a really good movie. It's a great movie. "

" If 'formulaic' is somebody who is unlikely to succeed starting down a process and succeeding - then isn't that what most films are about? And art films are about people who aren't likely to succeed and then don't succeed. "

" There's still a lot of investors wondering what to invest in. And, of course, I think entertainment looks attractive when you read the few films that make these insane amounts of money. What they don't know is they don't always do that. "

" In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture. "