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" You could have ten scientists in this room. You could ask them all: 'Who's religious?' About three to four will put their hands up. "

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" 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. "

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" Stanley Kubrick's '2001' was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction for me. Everything else up to then was fine, but didn't quite work for me. "

" Technology continues to bring us wondrous advances in filmmaking to improve how we view movies. "

" I've got many letters from Muslim organizations thanking me for making 'Kingdom of Heaven.' "

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" I was one of those kids who tended to stay in on Saturday nights. My mother used to come and say, 'Why don't you go to the dance with the boys?' And I'm going, 'No, I'm perfectly happy.' I think my parents thought I was definitely weird. "

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" Taking a comic strip character is very hard to write. Because comics are meant to work in one page, to work in frames with minimalistic dialogue. And a lot of it is left to the imagination of the reader. To do that in film, you've got to be a little more explanatory. And that requires a good screenplay and good dialogue. "

" They say, 'TV is not a captive audience,' but it definitely is. You can easily switch off the bloody television. "

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" Oddly enough, I find it quite engaging to be working with a female when I'm directing. It's kind of interesting. "