In other news, it's been far too long since I gloated massively about the fact that I know what's going to happen on Buffy and you all don't.
One of my favourite sorts of actors...the rat actor. The rat actor knows his job and gets it done.
The rules are very important in a horror movie.
They can take everything away from me, but they can never take my pride, unless I somehow get some.
No one's going to go see the story of Othello going to get a peaceful divorce.
I set out in television with one simple goal: to purchase a Russian bride. Didn't work out. Immigration stuff - it's complicated.
I'm not a control freak - I'm a control enthusiast.
If I had created reality television I would have had a much greater influence, but then I would have had to KILL MYSELF.
There are some things I can just smell. It's like a sixth sense." "Well, actually, that would be one of the five.
Okay, uh, I'm lost. I'm angry. And I'm armed.
In the time of gods and monsters, what is the worth of a man?
I was raised by a hardcore feminist.
Equality is not a concept. It's not something we should be striving for. It's a necessity. Equality is like gravity, we need it to stand on this earth as men and women, and the misogyny that is in every culture is not a true part of the human condition. It is life out of balance and that imbalance is sucking something out of the soul of every man and woman who's confronted with it. We need Equality, and we kind of need it now. 'So why do you write these strong female characters?' Because you're still asking that question.
You have, which is a rare thing, the ability and the responsibility to listen to the dissent in yourself. To at least give it the floor. Because it is the key, not only to consciousness, but to real growth.
I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, 'I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change.' Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so.
I think “Batman Begins” is certainly my favorite Batman movie I’ve seen.
What I do like is hiking. And that's what filmmaking is. It's a hike. It's challenging and exhausting, and you don't know what the terrain is going to be or necessarily even which direction you're going in... but it sure is beautiful.
Making 'The Avengers' was very important to me, but it was also extremely arduous. I missed my friends and I missed my home, so I decided to throw them all on camera, which is the only way I seem to know to relate to people.
I think it's always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it's successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why.
I have a desperate longing to have a desperate longing
Passion... it lies in all of us. Sleeping, waiting, and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir, open its jaws, and howl. It speaks to us, guides us... passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have?
You know, the thing that I do to waste time is think of things I want to make. That's how my mind is employed.
Let's put it this way: If a raccoon can carry a movie, then they believe maybe even a woman can.
Now there’s us, staking out our piece of cinematic turf (might be small but it’s ours). And the music has to fit the vision as specifically as it did for [Star Wars and The Matrix.] OUR music comes from THEIR music, this scrappled bunch. It is spare, intimate, mournful and indefatigable.
Life's a show and we all play a part And when the music starts We open up our hearts
