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I think everybody goes off and does their own vision. And I don't take responsibility for other people's work, frankly. It's bad enough taking responsibility for my own. ”
The script is so key to making a good movie. But everything is against you when you're making a movie: the logistics of putting a crew out where you need to go, whether the light is fading; if the weather's not right, something's wrong. ”
I have a way of filming things and staging them and designing sets. There were times when I thought I should change my approach, but in fact, this is what I like to do. It's sort of like my handwriting as a movie director. And somewhere along the way, I think I've made the decision: I'm going to write in my own handwriting. ”
I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground. ”
If we made atomic bombs, we would bring about a terrible change in the world. Who knows what would happen from this? ”
Natural science, does not simply describe and explain nature; it is part of the interplay between nature and ourselves. ”
From 1949 to 1953, I studied towards the diploma in Natural Sciences at the Swiss Polytechnical School in Zurich. It is in the last year of this study that I made my first contacts with fundamental research, when working on the isolation and characterization of a new isomer of Cl34 with a half-life of 1.5 seconds. ”
I can't change my skin. I won't change my voice. I can't change my confidence. ”
The responsibility that I ultimately feel to the audience is to entertain, maybe enlighten, and help you take your mind off messy things. ”
I didn't ask to be a role model. I don't like that responsibility. But if you see something in me that you really adore, thank you. ”