It makes it difficult to decide which to go see, since no film about say, some tragic genocide in Africa is going to get a bad review even if it's poorly made.

Because I found myself telling the story of his family to people without the visual aids that I was able to employ by filming them eventually. But I very much knew exactly what I was going to do.

Dialogue that's distinctive, funny, peculiar, and specific is the main thing that makes me want to get involved with a film to begin with.

Certain types of films will never test well. My films never seem to test well.

I try to make the set as relaxed and fun and stress-free as humanly possible, while still having control over things. It's usually tension that hurts a performance or makes it seem self-conscious.

I never saw a department store Santa as a kid. My mother was afraid to take me.

Saying that all documentaries are the same is like saying all foreign films are the same.

I was inspired to do anything I could to get out of what I was doing... today, I'm motivated to pay the bills.

The last Christmas movie I really liked was 'It's a Wonderful Life, ' probably. It's sort of a schmaltzy movie, but it's not without its dark moments. It still gets to me every year.

I had no real communication with anyone at the time, so I was totally dependent on God. And he never failed me.

We write our deepest thoughts.

The father of his country.

Very different from eros is philia, a serene love much more akin to friendship, with its reciprocal kindnesses. You love each other for the happy experiences and pleasures you share.

The job of the Attorney General is very specific. My roll, as the legal adviser, is to defend the constitutionality of the laws as they're passed.

There is no healing a man till the law has wounded him, no making him alive till the law has slain him.

Failure is the mechanism of learning.

I'm happy to feed the illusion that I'm a lazy recluse.

I've always been relatively reserved with my social encounters.

Traitors are more dangerous than enemies.