Power & Society Sayings

I am a typed director. If I made Cinderella, the audience would immediately be looking for the body in the coach.

The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it goes along, even when the mind wants to wander.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

I'm not a quitter. I'm a fighter.

I'm not a quitter. I'm a fighter.

I hate acting. I hate the whole business.

I'm not a political person. I'm an individualist.

I'm not a political filmmaker. I'm a filmmaker who makes political films.

I'm a big fan of silence. I think silence is very powerful.

I've never been interested in making a movie that everybody likes. I'm interested in making movies that I like.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

I never guess. It is a shocking habit—destructive to the logical faculty.

Women are never so strong as after their defeat.

Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

I'm a comedian, not a politician. I'm not here to solve problems, I'm here to make fun of them.

Every day people are being oppressed to the point where they are becoming afraid to talk.

I am not looking for a free pass. I am not looking for a pardon. I am not looking for asylum. I am looking for a just process.

I enjoy a good fight. I enjoy a difficult problem. I enjoy a challenge.

My gender transition is not a joke. It's not a political statement. It's my life.

I am a very bad economist.