"'Leaving Las Vegas' is a relationship; 'Dead Man Walking' is a relationship, and they're very contai..." — Michael Cimino

Every good war film, if you want to use that phrase - I don't think it's a good phrase, but if you want to use that phrase - every good film, a first-rate film about war, is an anti-war movie.

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

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.