Most sound people don't get the assignment to create worlds of sound and get freedom to try a lot of things and then get the scrutiny and support of the team over a long period of time.

Most sound work in films is done very quickly, and at the end of the schedule where it's just jammed together and you always wish that you had more sympathy.

Filmmakers began to experiment with special effects almost as soon as motion pictures were invented. The history of special effects is the history of motion pictures.

True prosperity is the result of well-placed confidence in ourselves and our fellow man.

Toulouse Street ran one way toward the Mississippi River. Jackson looked over [Imogene's] head into one of those famous New Orleans courtyards, full of lush foliage, mossy brick, secrets, and wonder.

I suppose there will never be a lack of things to say, of stories to be told and shared.

Do you have any control over being conscious? Do you know how you will?

Ive done a lot of shows that didnt do well. You have to go in with a 50-50 take on it. If it goes well, fantastic. Hope for the best and plan for the worst.

People think that the directors direct actors. No. Really, what the director's doing is directing the audience's eye through the film.

Sociopaths love power. They love winning. If you take loving kindness out of the human brain, there's not much left except the will to win.

The culture is just so coarse that you have to take it to that level and people will be like, 'Whoa!' And then you can make people think about stuff. It's kind of like shock therapy.

I'll keep peace at all cost, even if I choke to death on my tongue.

One person can't know or like everything, so an editor needs collaborators whose opinions and expertise he values and can trust.

I do not think seventy years is the time of a man or woman, Nor that seventy millions of years is the time of a man or woman, Nor that years will ever stop the existence of me, or any one else.