What we need is someone to abolish the House Of Lords, get rid of the Royal Family.

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.

While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.

If someone tells you that you cannot do something and you believe it, they are right.

I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.

We can still turn the world upside down. We can be living torches for Christ today.

Here lies a toppled god. His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.

The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.

Interacting with fans has become one of my favorite things.

That's what I think I am: a lot of fun - a lot of fun to be with.

I'll be peeing like a champion in no time

the choices we made today were templates for the future.