Stanley Kubrick — "I don't like to talk about my films. I like to let them speak for themselves."

"Heroic violence in the Hollywood sense is a great deal like the motivational researchers' problem in selling candy. The problem with candy is not to convince people that it's good…but to free them fro…"

"I wouldn't say that Lee is the greatest actor in the world, but I do think that the greatest actor in the world couldn't have played the role better than Lee did."

"I'm not interested in making films that are politically correct. I'm interested in making films that are honest, and that reflect the truth, even if it's an uncomfortable truth."

"The purpose of art is to make us feel. Not necessarily to make us happy."

"I don't think there's any such thing as a perfect film. It's an impossibility."