Acting is easier - writing is more creative. The lazy man vies with the industrious. |
Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot. |
I think making a good film shot is joyful. |
Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room. |
I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love. |
I hate flying, flat out hate its guts. |
I think the supernatural is a catch-all for everything we don't understand about the vast other parts of life that we cannot perceive. |
A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively. |
Nobody could have imagined the phenomenon that 'Star Trek' became. It's still almost impossible to imagine. |
There's an ecstasy about doing something really good on film: the composition of a shot, the drama within the shot, the texture... It's palpable. |
I'm looking for the perfect paintball movie. |
I'm a performer, comedian, entertainer, writer and director. |
Oh, for God's sake... get a life, will you? |
But if you want to know the truth, the weirdest thing that has happened has been my discovery that people who attend the conventions are filled with love. |
When I did the film Generations, in which the character died, I felt like a guest for the first time. That made me very sad. |
If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity. |
I think the acting satisfies the need and desire for approval. |
All in all, Kirk's character is something I am very proud of. |
Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene - but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers. |
The basic quality that any great story must have is a story that illustrates the human condition. |