"I've been very, very lucky in my career, in my life - from day one. When aspiring directors say, 'What's your advice?' first I say, 'Be born the son of a famous director. It's invaluable.'"
"Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."
Andy Warhol on Famous"I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous."
Walt Disney on Famous"What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous."
Voltaire on Famous"We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free."
Jiddu Krishnamurti on Famous"Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable."
Ambrose Bierce on Famous"Can you design a Rorschach test that's going to make everyone feel something every time - and that looks like a Rorschach test? It's easy to show a picture of a kitten or a car accident. The question is, how abstract can you get and still get the audience to feel something when they don't know what's happening to them?"
"When characters change on screen, it makes you feel better about yourself. You think, 'Oh I change too, I'm constantly becoming a better person.'"
"I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass."
"Can you design a Rorschach test that's going to make everyone feel something every time - and that looks like a Rorschach test? It's easy to show a picture of a kitten or a car accident. The question is, how abstract can you get and still get the audience to feel something when they don't know what's happening to them?"
"I'd done table reads for my own screenplays, and I always thought they were so much fun. Why couldn't we do these for other classic screenplays and bring them to life? You can experience live theater, where you get to see plays produced by different directors and different casts, but there's really nothing like that for movie scripts."