The best moments can’t be preconceived. I’ve spent a lot of time in editing rooms, and a scene can be technically perfect, with perfect delivery and facial expression and timing, and you remember all your lines, and it is dead.
BRAD PITTI phoned my grandparents and my grandfather said ‘We saw your movie.’ ‘Which one?’ I said. He shouted ‘Betty, what was the name of that movie I didn’t like?
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The woman is the reflection of her man. If you love her to the point of madness, she will become it.
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Do you know how you tell real love? It’s when someone else’s interest trumps your own.
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One of the greatest, smartest things I ever did was give my kids Angie as their mom. She is such a great mom. Oh, man, I’m so happy to have her.
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By nature, I keep moving, man. My theory is, be the shark. You’ve just got to keep moving. You can’t stop.
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In Missouri, where I come from, we don’t talk about what we do – we just do it. If we talk about it, it’s seen as bragging.
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I’m not a big proponent of happiness. I think it’s highly overrated. I think misery is underrated. There’s so much value in that. You can’t have one without the other.
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You don’t really get to choose who you fall in love with. Love chooses you.
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Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.
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Crime is just unvarnished capitalism, after all.
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You dont know someone until you know what they want.
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I don’t want to die without scars.
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I’m actually very snobbish about directors. I have to say no all the time. ‘No’ is the most powerful word in our business. You’ve got to protect yourself… To leave home, it’s got to be worth leaving. It’s got to be worth it.
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There’s no right. There’s no wrong. There’s only popular opinion.
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So much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you’re figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it’s not worth doing – it’s already done. I’m interested in finding people who I think have a voice – and a very specific voice.
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When I was a boy, I would ask about my family history, about my bloodlines. We really didn’t know that much. We had a little Indian in us from the Oklahoma Trail of Tears.
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