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" The technology keeps moving forward, which makes it easier for the artists to tell their stories and paint the pictures they want. "

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" Working hard is very important. You're not going to get anywhere without working extremely hard. "

" All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour, so even when you're using charcoal on a wall or designed the proscenium arch, that's technology. "

" Before I became a film major, I was very heavily into social science, I had done a lot of sociology, anthropology, and I was playing in what I call social psychology, which is sort of an offshoot of anthropology/sociology - looking at a culture as a living organism, why it does what it does. "

" Changes are not unusual - I mean, most movies, when they release them, they make changes. But somehow, when I make the slightest change, everybody thinks it's the end of the world. "

" I was going to go to a four-year college and be an anthropologist or to an art school and be an illustrator when a friend convinced me to learn photography at the University of Southern California. Little did I know it was a school that taught you how to make movies! It had never occurred to me that I'd ever have any interest in filmmaking. "

" The influence of 'Hidden Fortress' comes up a lot because it was printed in a book once. The truth is, the only thing I was inspired by was the fact that it's told from the point of view of two peasants, who get mixed up with a samurai and princess and a lot of very high-level people. "

" There should be a point to movies. Sure, you're giving people a diversion from the cold world for a bit, but at the same time, you pass on some facts and rules and maybe a little bit of wisdom. "

" The secret is not to give up hope. It's very hard not to because if you're really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side. "

" Whenever you do something, people try to re-do it and do a better version, especially if they're in another country. "

" Digital technology is the same revolution as adding sound to pictures and the same revolution as adding color to pictures. Nothing more and nothing less. "

" I loved photography and everybody said it was a crazy thing to do because in those days nobody made it into the film business. I mean, unless you were related to somebody there was no way in. "

" A film is sort of binary - it either works or it doesn't work. It has nothing to do with how good a job you do. If you bring it up to an adequate level where the audience goes with the movie, then it works, that is all. "

" I'm one of those people who says, 'yes, cinema died when they invented sound.' "

" You simply have to put one foot in front of the other and keep going. Put blinders on and plow right ahead. "

" Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them. "

" I've come to the conclusion that mythology is really a form of archaeological psychology. Mythology gives you a sense of what a people believes, what they fear. "

" The secret to film is that it's an illusion. "

" Although I write screenplays, I don't think I'm a very good writer. "

" Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated. "

" One of the amazing things about 'Seven Samurai' is that there are a lot of characters. And considering you have so many, and they all have shaved heads, and you've got good guys and bad guys and peasants, you get to understand a lot of them without too much being said. "

" Even in high school I was very interested in history - why people do the things they do. As a kid I spent a lot of time trying to relate the past to the present. "

" If the boy and girl walk off into the sunset hand-in-hand in the last scene, it adds 10 million to the box office. "

" For 'Star Wars' I had to develop a whole new idea about special effects to give it the kind of kinetic energy I was looking for. I did it with motion-control photography. "

" The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie. "

" I realized why directors are such horrible people - in a way - because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate. "

" There wasn't much as a kid that inspired me in what I did as an adult, but I was always very interested in what motivates people, and in telling stories and building things. "

" I am a giant proponent of giant screens. But I accept the fact that most of my movies are going to be seen on phones. "

" I am simply trying to struggle through life; trying to do God's bidding. "

" If you look at 'Blade Runner,' it's been cut sixteen ways from Sunday, and there are all kinds of different versions of it. "