Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity.
I researched every milieu. If I were to do a movie tomorrow about a fashion designer, say, I would have to spend some time to find out what language they spoke. Because I would never be satisfied with my dialogue, I want something that gives you the color of that character right away.
Movement should be a counter, whether in action scenes or dialogue or whatever. It counters where your eye is going. This style thing, for me it's all fitted to the action, to the script, to the characters.
Surviving is the only glory in war.
We have too many intellectuals who are afraid to use the pistol of common sense.
When you're at the end of your rope, all you have to do is make one foot move out in front of the other. Just take the next step. That's all there is to it.
When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
You know how you smoke out a sniper? You send a guy out in the open, and you see if he gets shot. They thought that one up at West Point.
But how to Raise a Sum in the different States has been my greatest difficulty.