So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.
Gertrude Stein was masterly in making nothing happen very slowly
The thing that's so exciting when you're making a film is that it can be anything and there are no limitations on it.
I understand what rappers are talking about. I think rap is less about educating people about the black community and more about making money.
My total focus was on building up our military, building up our strength, building up our borders, making sure that China, Japan, Mexico, both at the border and in trade, no longer takes advantage of our country.
Some people who make music are instantly very savvy about how they can get their music to communicate in a larger way. For me, the music was always first, and I put a lot of time and effort and thought into making the recordings. But everything else around it, all the things that were necessary to have a career in pop music, I was completely ill equipped to handle.
He's not perfect. You aren't either, and the two of you will never be perfect. But if he can make you laugh at least once, causes you to think twice, and if he admits to being human and making mistakes, hold onto him and give him the most you can.
Making the solution seem so completely inevitable and obvious, so uncontrived and natural - it's so hard!
Working with David Cronenberg or Darren Aronofsky or even Steven Soderbergh isn't really like a typical Hollywood movie. These are true artists, and have a certain amount of freedom when they work, and they're more like independent filmmakers making their way through big studios. I still don't feel like I've been part of the stereotypical Hollywood system.
At Patagonia, making a profit is not the goal because the Zen master would say profits happen 'when you do everything else right'.
The key to happiness is having dreams; the key to success is making them come true.
I want no part of making any contribution whatsoever to the despair which eventually follows downbeat thinking.
Ever since I was four years old, I loved making people smile, making them think, making them feel good, feel some kind of emotion.
There is only one point of view, that is your point of view. You are making a mistake if you see the point of view of people. There is only one and that is your livelihood.
Many people don't have the ability to be rich, because they're too lazy or they don't have the desire or the stick-to-itiveness. It's a talent. Some people have a talent for piano. Some people have a talent for raising a family. Some people have a talent for golf. I just happen to have a talent for making money.
I think I've made a career out of making despicable people likable.
I've got a history of frustrating guys and making them angry.
We're actually making stuff in America now. We're exporting stuff. We're inventing things.
The Paris attack was highly sophisticated, well-planned, very clever, took months in the making, very much like 911. And there is a 911-style attack coming to America.
It is impossible to suffer without making someone pay for it; every complaint already contains revenge.