"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this."

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"Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted to do, and frankly I don't think I was ready to do a big production like this."

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"Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically. They have to please the crowd - they're movie stars; their image is their industry. It goes beyond acting."

Acting, Actors, Careers, Risk

"My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but then I realized that I needed actors who could go for it and that they had to function well as a couple in a love story."

Love, Actors, First, Instinct

"In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them."

Movies, Hate, Past, Pretty

"I took the name Green Destiny from - well there is such a sword called Green Destiny. It is green because you keep twisting it, it's an ancient skill, you keep twisting it and knocking it and twisting it until it is very elastic and light."

Destiny, Light, Name, Skill

"I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting to pick it as my first martial arts film. It has a very strong female character and it was very abundant in classic Chinese textures."

Thought, Character, Film, First

"I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama."

Appreciation, American, Drama, Romantic, Space

"Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing."

Now, Writing

"I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite unfamiliar to the world's population - even to a lot of Americans."

Film, Americans, Population, World

"On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have to convince people, you have to tell them why you want to do it a certain way, and they argue with you. Democracy."

People, Democracy, Film, Questions

"When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me."

Character, Woman

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"The return of democracy in our land has indeed thrown the problems of development into bolder relief."

Ibrahim Babangida, Nigerian Statesman

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"In 2003, I introduced and passed The Tornado Shelters Act, which allows local governments to use Community Development Block Grant funds to construct storm shelters in manufactured housing communities."

Spencer Bachus, American Politician

Development, Act, Community

"We need to keep investing in economic and homeland security. We need to bank on the right kind of economic development. We need to embrace opportunities, but with the right kind of safeguards."

John Baldacci, American Politician

Development, Right, Security

"As the population of Georgia increased dramatically, so did development."

Roy Barnes, American Politician

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"And when native man left off this form of development, his humanization was retarded in growth."

Standing Bear, American Leader

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"Iran is actively pursuing the development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles."

Howard Berman, American Politician

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"For this reason, it is essential that our Nation's rural transportation professionals be provided with the necessary tools and support to promote and showcase the value, benefits, and accomplishments of rural transportation planning and development."

Kit Bond, American Politician

Development, Accomplishments, Benefits, Nation