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Horror films have been with us forever, so you can't say I originated that in any way, but it sort of brought back a classical way to make a horror film.

Horror films do not prepare us for the hours lost in searching after one clear thought.

Howard Hawks said he'd like to put me in a film with Cary Grant or Humphrey Bogart. I thought, "Cary Grant-terrific! Humphrey Bogart-yucch.

How can you work in film and still see the overt racism that exists in film and not just be furious all the time?

How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.

'Hunger' definitely changed my life, in terms of being recognized by filmmakers, since that was very much a filmmakers' film.

I actually enjoy wearing the corsets required in some period films.

I actually met a producer of Stanley Kubrick's who told me that Kubrick had never even thought about doing Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer. He just read it and didn't want to do it - that's it. There's a myth around that he said it's not filmable. But he never wanted to film it.

I actually find in America, there's a slight snobbery about actors who go back and forth between big heavy dramas and popcorn fare. That always intrigues me, because that doesn't exist in the same way in Britain. And I imagine it would be worse. In terms of the sort of class, and the sort of snobby, slightly on the back-foot thing Britain has. But it's much more prevalent in America. I'm really intrigued by it. I don't know why that is. But I'm aiming to break down those barriers by being in a Shakespeare film and a Smurfs film within six months of each other.

I already played James Dean in a film called Race with Destiny, but it hasn't come out yet.

I also don't like films that are made just to make money, no this kind of film I don't like.

I also paint, draw and I'm into film and photography as well, and the same thing applies to all of them. You're presenting this material to the general public and hoping that they're going to 'get' what you're doing. Some don't, some do.

I also thought of myself as the Sonny Barger of the film industry.

I always bring it up to my lawyer every now and then. And another reason we have to revisit it is because there is a restoration going on right now for the film through UCLA and Sundance.

I always approach film as a fan.

I also love a film by Ang Lee - "Lust, Caution.

I always aspire to that, where it feels like the film was made by the characters as opposed to the filmmakers. I try to be invisible.

I always expose the apparatus. I show how the film was made. I acknowledge the filmmaker and the filmmaking.

I always figured that once I wrapped a film, then anything beyond that is none of my business. If I can avoid seeing the final product, then all I have in my head is feeling good about the experience.

I always find live shows on film kind of boring. Even my favorite ones, I kinda zone out for most of it. It's just so different seeing a band in the flesh and then watching a film of it, even if you have a hundred cameras and it's shot from every angle. There's just a communal, visceral thing that never translates very well.

I always collect a bunch of images for every film that I do, that reminds me of an essence of the character, or the time that they live in, or what they're experiencing.

I always feel scared and insecure on a film set. I don't know any other way.

I always feel that crime films are about capitalism.

I always feel I could be like Toni Collette, going between big studio things and indie films. That would be feasible.

I always have directors who are somewhat frustrated because they'll reference a beautifully obscure film from the '50s or '60s or '70s, and I've not seen it.

I always go into a film situation depressed and fearful.

I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.

I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.

I always loved movies and the cinema; we always used to go to see films as a family.

I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.

I always liked show biz and got to make a few training films at Boeing.

I always liked Disney films. To this day I think 'Bambi' is great.

I always take hundreds and hundreds of pictures. I used to work for National Geographic, and they gave us a lot of film.

I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.

I always start a film thinking I know how to do it, then I learn all over again.

I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in my films - although I think they do have plots - but the plot is not of primary importance to me, the characters are.

I always refer to [Stardust Memories] as Sharon Stone's and my first film.

I always think it's better to take a smaller role in a great film rather than a leading role in something that you don't have complete faith in.

I always wanted to be a film composer. So very early on I started collecting soundtracks and paying attention to how movie music works. Actually I'd like to have the opportunity to conduct for the rest of my life.

I always thought it would be very funny if I was a blind film director.

I always thought I was going to be the film guy until I died.

I always try to stay objective, and to remove myself from the process and look at the film again.

I always sort of create practical problems so that I don't have to see a film I've just done. I'm too vulnerable, too fragile. People see your work, and there's nothing you can do. You're completely exposed.

I always wanted 'Sideways' to be like a great 1960s Italian film.

I always try and learn as much as I can from different departments on a film set.

I always wanted to go into film. I love film. I loved growing up in the theatre, but I always wanted to do film all along. But, I still pursue music separately.

I always wanted to make a film that had this sort of Chinese-box effect, in which you keep opening it up and opening it up, and finally at the end you're at the beginning.

I always wanted to make this film or another film. I thought the worst thing you could do was to react to Slumdog's success in some way. I thought it would be really foolish.

I am a filmmaker. That is all I've ever been. You know, Martin Scorsese makes films about the mob. And I make movies about food.

I am a huge fan of movies. It is my favorite thing during downtime. I get completely lost in films. I find them transformative, even one that seems light and popcorn. I get something profound with the right music played with what I am watching. If there is good cinematography and good acting you can find something that really stays with you. I really enjoy being part of that collaborative process. I like making something really big that will be seen in a theater by a lot of people. There is nothing like it.