The resistance to black-and-white is huge, in the way that you have to sell the film. It's difficult to distribute around the world.

I only storyboard scenes that require special effects, where it is necessary to communicate through pictures.

You can't get an actor to do something that is beyond his range, so you have to be aware of the range of the actor and, if necessary, alter the part to suit the actor.

All the great legends are Templates for human behavior. I would define a myth as a story that has survived.

The more extreme and the more expressed that passion is, the more unbearable does life seem without it. It reminds us that if passion dies or is denied, we are partly dead.

Black and white is much closer to the condition of dreaming. It links you to the subconscious and I think that was part of the great appeal of movies originally.. this strange otherness.

I was in Japan, and my assistant director had worked with Kurosawa. I used quite of number of Kurosawa's crew.

Movie-making is the process of turning money into light. All they have at the end of the day is images flickering on a wall.

It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even people that are not critically attuned are aware of cynical manipulation in film.

What is passion? Passion is surely the becoming of a person.

Black-and-white gives you that sort of parallel world. Also, it's very close to the condition of dreaming, to the unconscious.

Our brains want God even as our minds debunk the divine.

A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth.

Shit, " Drake rubbed a hand over his face. Shit, shit, shit..."Shit, " Drake said again...."That about sums it up, " Gabriel muttered.

You know you poor when you eatin' breakfast food late. You fryin' toast? At nine o'clock at night? With bacon? You're broke.

There are enough high hurdles to climb, as one travels through life, without having to scale artificial barriers created by law or silly regulations.

It is God who is the ultimate reason things, and the Knowledge of God is no less the beginning of science than his essence and will are the beginning of things.

When you get that tired, it becomes really challenging to keep bringing your best foot forward.

The primary function of a theatre is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

My swag is off the charts.

One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity.