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" What we forget is that the Academy is a star-maker, or it reinforces the stardom of people. "

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" Because people don't see me around a lot, I'm the source of all sorts of rumour. "

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

" Family politics are worse than world politics. That's all I can say. You don't get to choose your family; you get to choose your friends. Your family is imposed upon you. "

" Nobody lives without making mistakes. "

Making Mistakes

" I love to scout locations. "

" If you can't stop somebody from working and making movies that you hate, what's the next best thing? Destroy them personally. "

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

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

" Who cares about seeing 10,000 helicopter assaults? That's spectacle. "

" It was just - I mean, 6,000 people giving you a standing ovation is quite an experience. "

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

" Movies are about people; there're not about ideas. It's like great novels. Great novels are not about ideas. There's never been a great novel about ideas. "

" '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. "

" There's no service ribbon for people who fought in Korea. We lost over 30,000 men between 1951 and 1953 - as many as we lost in 15 years in Vietnam. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" It's silly - you go to a plastic chapel in Vegas, you get married in 10 minutes, and it takes you 10 years to get divorced. "

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

" 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. "

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

" Making movies is controlled anarchy, chaos. "

" 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. "

" You can't look back. "