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ציטוטים
As a boy I'd often spend
my days biking on riverbeds and arroyos and come home exhausted. I
realize now how much I took for granted having the natural world so
close at hand. It wasn't until I moved away, first to New York and then
to Los Angeles, that I realized how much I missed the outdoors.
E-mail
is far more convenient than the telephone, as far as I'm concerned. I
would throw my phone away if I could get away with it.
From
now on we live in a world where man has walked on the Moon. It's not a
miracle; we just decided to go.
Growing
up in northern California has had a big influence on my love and respect
for the outdoors. When I lived in Oakland, we would think nothing of
driving to Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz one day and then driving to the
foothills of the Sierras the next day.
I
do the work that I think is absolutely fascinating. There's not nearly
as much distraction for me now as there used to be.
I
love what I do for a living, it's the greatest job in the world, but you
have to survive an awful lot of attention that you don't truly deserve
and you have to live up to your professional responsibilities and I'm
always trying to balance that with what is really important.
I
must say that I do wrestle with the amount of money I make, but at the
end of the day what am I gonna say? I took less money so Rupert Murdoch
could have more?
I
will entertain anything; it doesn't matter. You know, it's not obviously
about the price, it's not about who, it's kind of about when and what.
It's material, that's all.
I
would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in
any sort of political bent.
If
it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. It's the hard that makes it great.
If
you have to have a job in this world, a high-priced movie star is a
pretty good gig.
My
favorite traditional Christmas movie that I like to watch is All Quiet
on the Western Front. It's just not December without that movie in my
house.
My
kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying
I have something growing in my bum and that would change my perspective
on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important.
Prior
to Saving Private Ryan I never worked with men. I was always working
with some babe, and it was always about falling in love, and it just got
turned around. I'm not looking for any particular kind of story. I wait
until it comes across my desk.
That's
what's nice about directing a film and having it done: There's nothing
more I can do about it. It's done. That's it. All I can do is let it go
and hope that people are kind to it.
The
year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and
there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could
crush these new generations if we decided too.
There
is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market.
People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time
protect the plants and animals around them.
There
was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was
like making a silent movie.
There's
a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the
concept of being a monk for a while.
What
we're doing with Band of Brothers is trying to put it into human terms,
so it is not just a flickering, black and white myth on a screen, it is
a resonant story. I want the audience to recognize themselves in these
men. They're not just mythic heroes.
You
know, I'm just waiting for the moment when I throw up in the back seat
of the limo on my way to a premiere.
It's just as hard...staying happily married
as it is doing movies.
I've made over 20 movies, and 5 of them are
good.
It's the same stuff they used in that 4th
Lord Of The Rings Movie. Or was it the 19th Lord Of The Rings Movie? You
know, the one where Boldo and Jingy travel across the bridge? I don't
know, I don't know their names. When I watch Lord Of The Rings I just
think 'someone got their finger stuck on the word processor for too
long'.
If you're funny, if there's something that
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