"Every good war film, if you want to use that phrase - I don't think it's a good phrase, but if you w..." — Michael Cimino

There's nothing good that comes out of war. It's simply hell on earth, and people survive, and people don't.

'Leaving Las Vegas' is a relationship; 'Dead Man Walking' is a relationship, and they're very contained movies. They're compressed and not in wide open spaces all over the place.

If you can't stop somebody from working and making movies that you hate, what's the next best thing? Destroy them personally.

I don't make movies to make a point; I make movies to tell stories about people.