Conversation is not a search after knowledge, but an endeavor at effect.
You can make a movie about anything, as long as it has a hook to hang the advertising on.
As a producer, I probably am a little stronger than most, since I was a director originally.
Jim Cameron is proof that if you are good, you'll get promoted.
There were two practical reasons we moved to Venice. One was that there was an artists movement and a countercultural movement. Lots of people we might want to hire lived in the area. We also wanted to buy in a lower rent area that looked like it was going to be gentrified so that we could eventually sell the studio for more money.
First, you have to be intelligent. I have never met a successful director who isn't intelligent. A director who is not intelligent might have one hit picture, but he won't be able to follow it up. So I look for intelligence.
I think one of the reasons movies are the quintessential modern art form is that it is partially a business. The director needs a crew - the writer, the producer, etcetera - and to have that, he needs money.
You say you're going to be the pope, become the pope.
And mothers are usually quite trustworthy, as long as your their son. Otherwise look out!
A scatterbrain is one who never has an unspoken thought.
People comment on how you look, it's so unnecessary. I just wanted people to listen to what I have to say instead of focusing on anything else.