Occupation: Film Director Birth: April 7, 1939
An essential element of any art is risk. If you don't take a risk then how are you going to make something really beautiful, that hasn't been seen be….
The whole reason one wants to do lower budget films is because the lower the budget, the bigger the ideas, the bigger the themes, the more interestin….
Most directors have one masterpiece by which they are known. Kurosawa has at least eight or nine..
My talent is that I just try and try and try and try again and little by little it comes to something..
Movies are the art form most like man's imagination..
Work on nothing less than epic scale.
You have to really be courageous about your instincts and your ideas. Otherwise you'll just knuckle under, and things that might have been memorable ….
Death is what makes life an event..
It takes no imagination to live within your means..
You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form..
I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it..
Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most..
I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing..
Always make your work be personal. And, you never have to lie... There is something we know that's connected with beauty and truth. There is somethin….
Although knowledge of structure is helpful, real creativity comes from leaps of faith in which you jump to something illogical. But those leaps form ….
Sound is your friend because sound is much cheaper than picture, but it has equal effect on the audience - in some ways, perhaps more effect because ….
One thing that I'm sure of is the real pleasure of life - it's not being known, it's not having your own jet plane, it's not having a mansion the ple….
When you make a film it is like asking yourself a question. When it is finished, you know the answer. Ultimately with all of cinema, we are just tr….
Anything you build on a large scale or with intense passion invites chaos..
If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes..
I think cinema, movies, and magic have always been closely associated. The very earliest people who made film were magicians..